A shipment container for perishable food items enables a receiver of the shipment container to track the temperature of the perishable food items during shipment and in some cases, the time and day of harvest and/or of shipment. The receive may use a remote electronic device, such as a mobile telephone, to track the shipment. The shipment container has phase change material that is used to control the temperature of the perishable food item during transient to the receiver. A phase change material is configured at least partially around a product compartment for receiving the perishable food item. The phase change material or modular temperature control compartment may be selected based on the type of perishable food item or based on the temperature of harvest. The shipment container may be locked and require input of an identification code to unlock the container upon delivery.

Detecting mishandling of a packaging container. The apparatus includes: a first layer, a second layer to detect pressure placed on the packaging container, a third layer to provide spacing between the second layer and the packaging container, and an adhesive layer. The first later is a made of a rigid material. The first layer attaches to the second layer, and the second layer attaches to the third layer to form a composite structure of the first, second and third layers that attaches to the adhesive layer.

Detecting mishandling of a packaging container. The apparatus includes: a first layer, a second layer to detect pressure placed on the packaging container, a third layer to provide spacing between the second layer and the packaging container, and an adhesive layer. The first later is a made of a rigid material. The first layer attaches to the second layer, and the second layer attaches to the third layer to form a composite structure of the first, second and third layers that attaches to the adhesive layer.

A microwave tolerant RFID tag is disclosed that does not need to be removed from a product, such as a food item, before thawing, heating, reheating or cooking the product in a microwave oven, but that can provide data to control the microwave process. The microwave tolerant RFID tag comprises at least one antenna designed to operate at one or more frequencies and an RFID chip carrying data related to the process the microwave oven is required to perform. The data on the RFID chip is read by an RFID reader system to authorize the cooking process of the product.

A system for rush order fulfilment optimization is discussed. The system includes mobile devices that are each associated with a worker and a rush fulfillment engine executed by a computing system which dynamically updates a task queue of each worker upon receipt of a new rush order according to a task completion rate difference between an estimated task completion rate and the current task completion rate of the worker.

A system for rush order fulfilment optimization is discussed. The system includes mobile devices that are each associated with a worker and a rush fulfillment engine executed by a computing system which dynamically updates a task queue of each worker upon receipt of a new rush order according to a task completion rate difference between an estimated task completion rate and the current task completion rate of the worker.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a medical product with a biodegradable portion. The biodegradable portion is made of a biodegradable material and the biodegradable portion degrades faster than the remaining portion of the medical product.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a medical product with a biodegradable portion. The biodegradable portion is made of a biodegradable material and the biodegradable portion degrades faster than the remaining portion of the medical product.

A system and method for dispensing sparkling and other non-pressurized beverages from a container. Sparkling wine and other beverages may be dispensed using a dispensing system that includes a stopper body that can be engaged with the container at the container opening. The stopper body may be arranged to introduce gas into the container during pouring-type dispensing, as well as re-pressurize and seal the container for storage, e.g., to keep a carbonation level of beverage remaining in the container.

The present disclosure generally relates to a color indicator that signals when the concentration of an antimicrobial solution changes. In some embodiments, the color indicator is specific for changes in the concentration of an antimicrobial quaternary ammonium compound in an antimicrobial solution. The color indicator can be incorporated into a variety of articles including towels, labels, containers, buckets, trays, sinks, spray bottles, liners for containers, buckets, sinks, or spray bottles, indictor wands or strips, and test kits.