Breaking the Cold Chain Bottleneck – A Technologist’s Perspective

By: Jitendra Kumar, VP of Product Strategy, Life Sciences Industry Solutions, ParkourSC

Cold chain logistics are critical in life sciences—but they’ve also long been one of our biggest challenges. Temperature-sensitive products can’t afford delays or deviations. Yet our legacy systems weren’t built for today’s fast-moving, data-intensive supply chain.

We needed real-time insights, intelligent automation, and the ability to act before issues escalated. That’s where ParkourSC came in.

Imagine your loved one traveled hours to a hospital or doctor’s office to get that life saving treatment, only to find out that the medicinal product had a temperature deviation. They will NOT receive the treatment because “fit for use” decision requires pharma packager to shift through the Time Out of Environment (ToE) data in packaging and various distribution lanes to manually find, calculate and be able to confirm product stability.

With the AI-powered LEAP platform, ParkourSC helps industry-leading life sciences supply chains move from reactive firefighting to proactive decision-making. One of the biggest wins? Reducing the time to confirm cold chain fit-for-use from 3 days to just 1 minute. That’s not a typo—it’s a transformation.

By connecting real-time signals from sensors and systems, creating a dynamic digital twin, and using AI Agents to monitor, detect, and act, ParkourSC provides more than visibility—it delivers confidence. Industry-leading supply chain teams now focus on high-value exceptions instead of sifting through noise.

For anyone wrestling with cold chain complexity, here’s what I’ll say: it’s not just about compliance. It’s about speed, scale, and trust—internally and externally. ParkourSC will help get you there.