The nation’s network of frozen and refrigerated distribution centers forms a logistical supply chain that is vital to our food safety, in which every square inch of storage and every movement of product must be efficient. A challenge occurs, however, when frozen storage must be expanded across an irregular landscape that makes traditional, space-efficient, rectangular warehousing impossible.
To continue the growth of its distribution centers in the national logistics supply chain, Zero Mountain, a premium cold-storage warehousing-services provider, had to expand its frozen storage and cooler capacity at its Fort Smith, Ark., facility. The company freezes, stores, and ships an estimated 2 billion pounds of frozen food and meat annually for a number of Fortune 500 companies.