Cydiance helps perishables shippers see through the supply chain black hole

Shanghai-based Cydiance Technology is the latest firm to help perishables shippers monitor real-time temperature at pallet level to avoid the “black hole” of supply chain visibility.

According to Cydiance managing director Austin Gu, the weakest link in perishables supply chains is lack of visibility during transport.

“When you have a shipment at sea you know nothing – it’s a blackout period,” he told The Coolstar. “You don’t even know where it is.”

“Sometimes you don’t even know if the exporter has actually loaded your goods into the ...