Lineage survey reveals cold chain capacity, AI adoption, and logistics challenges in 2026
· Source: fleetowner.com
In short
Lineage's 2026 Cold Chain Insights Survey of 1,000 North American food and beverage supply chain decision-makers finds 72% saw increased product demand over the past year, while 66% said their supply chains only sometimes kept pace or struggled to do so. Nearly half (47%) cite flexible storage capacity as their top need from cold storage partners, and 92% made adjustments in response to trade policy shifts, with 73% expecting tariffs to hurt 2026 financial performance. Three in five respondents report that data and AI investments positively affected their supply chains, supported by examples such as Lineage's Sybil machine-learning model for pallet dwell-time prediction and a network analysis that could save $2 million annually in transportation costs.
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Tags: cold chain, storage, warehousing, forecasting, survey, tariffs