As temperature mapping specialists, we help you identify thermal variations before they compromise your products, operations, or regulatory standing. Since 1976, we’ve supported pharmaceutical manufacturers, compounders, healthcare facilities, laboratories, logistics providers, and regulated industries nationwide with the validated environmental data your quality systems require.
Temperature mapping—also called thermal mapping—creates a documented thermal profile of your controlled environments—from stability chambers and cold storage to transport vehicles and cleanrooms. Whether you’re conducting installation qualifications, maintaining GMP compliance, or preparing for regulatory inspections, our mapping services deliver the defensible documentation your audits demand.
As an A2LA ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, we bring nearly five decades of metrology expertise to every study. Our nationwide field service teams deploy NIST traceable equipment and deliver detailed reports that integrate seamlessly into your quality documentation. We understand what’s at stake—failed audits, compromised batches, operational disruptions—and provide the verified data to prove your environmental controls work every time.
Equipment and Environments We Map
Temperature mapping identifies thermal inconsistencies that standard monitoring can miss. We map controlled environments where temperature stability directly impacts product quality, regulatory compliance, and operational reliability.
Storage and Stability Equipment:
- Stability chambers
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Cold rooms and hot rooms
- Warehouses and distribution centers
- Environmental chambers
Processing and Sterilization Equipment:
- Autoclaves and sterilizers
- Ovens and incubators
- Freeze dryers
- Mixers
Controlled Environments:
- Cleanrooms (ISO classified spaces [1])
- Compounding pharmacy suites
- Laboratory environments
- Manufacturing areas
Transportation and Distribution:
- Delivery vans and refrigerated trucks
- Transport chambers
- Temperature-controlled shipping containers
From warehouse temperature mapping for distribution centers to precision studies in compounding pharmacy suites, we adapt our approach to match your specific environment. Whether you’re qualifying new equipment or maintaining ongoing GMP compliance, we customize sensor placement and monitoring duration to meet your validation requirements. We also offer humidity mapping and pressure mapping to validate complete environmental control.
Industries and Operations Requiring Temperature Mapping
Temperature mapping protects product integrity and regulatory compliance across any operation where thermal control matters. We serve organizations where documented environmental conditions are part of quality systems, regulatory requirements, or operational safety protocols.
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare:
- Manufacturers of drug products for human and veterinary use
- Compounding pharmacies (retail, hospital, specialty, mail order, nursing home)
- Physician and veterinary offices dispensing medications
- Healthcare professionals administering drug products
- Hospital pharmacy operations
Manufacturing and Packaging:
- Packaging operations by manufacturers or designated contractors
- Repackaging operations
- Laboratory operations at manufacturer or contractor sites
Distribution and Logistics:
- Wholesale distributors and distribution companies (automobile, rail, sea, air services)
- Third-party logistics providers, freight forwarders, and consolidators
- Importers and exporters of record
- Mail distributors including USPS and expedited shipping services
- Border Customs storage areas
Research and Testing:
- Laboratory environments
- Crime labs and forensic facilities
- Departments of Health and Human Services
- Research institutions
Regardless of your industry, if temperature excursions can compromise product quality, invalidate research, or create compliance gaps, temperature mapping provides the documented proof your quality system requires.
Why Choose Allometrics for Temperature Mapping
Nearly Five Decades of Metrology Expertise
Since 1976, we’ve built our reputation on measurement accuracy and regulatory knowledge. As an A2LA ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, we bring the same precision standards to temperature mapping that we apply across our full range of calibration and controlled environment services.
NIST Traceable Results You Can Defend
Every data logger we deploy is NIST traceable through documented calibration programs. When auditors question your environmental data, you have proof that measurements tie back to national standards.
Nationwide Field Service Capability
Temperature mapping requires on-site work. Our field service teams travel to your location with calibrated equipment, conduct studies according to your validation protocols, and deliver results without disrupting your operations. We’ve mapped facilities across the country, from single-room compounding pharmacies to multi-building distribution centers.
Comprehensive Documentation
Temperature mapping studies generate detailed environmental data that supports your quality and compliance requirements. We provide customized reporting that documents thermal performance across your controlled spaces. Our field service teams work efficiently to complete studies and deliver results without disrupting your operations.
Understanding Regulatory Pressure
We work with quality managers who face the same pressures you do: upcoming inspections, new equipment qualifications, investigation responses, and the constant need to prove environmental controls work. Our mapping services provide the defensible documentation that satisfies regulators and supports your compliance program.
Temperature Mapping: Process, Benefits, and Risks
What is Temperature Mapping?
Temperature mapping is a GMP-designed validation process that creates a three-dimensional profile of environmental conditions within controlled spaces. Unlike single-point monitoring that tracks one location, mapping uses multiple calibrated data loggers—typically 9 to 15 sensors depending on space size and complexity—positioned throughout an environment to capture thermal variations across the entire space.
During a mapping study, sensors record temperature data at predetermined intervals—from once per second to once per day, depending on your protocol requirements. Our sensors operate across -80°C to 140°C with ±0.5°C accuracy, covering everything from ultra-low freezers to high-temperature processing equipment. Studies run for durations ranging from 24 hours to multiple days. Many cGMP facilities require a minimum 24-hour period, while equipment qualification protocols often specify 72 hours or longer to capture multiple operating cycles. [2]
The result is a comprehensive thermal map showing where heat accumulation (hot spots), cold spots, and temperature gradients exist. This data supports installation qualifications for new equipment, performance qualifications for existing systems, and ongoing compliance documentation for GMP-regulated operations.
Temperature Monitoring vs. Temperature Mapping
Standard temperature monitoring tracks conditions at single points over time. Temperature mapping validates the entire three-dimensional space by deploying multiple data loggers simultaneously. While monitoring confirms ongoing control, mapping proves spatial uniformity—the documented requirement for equipment qualification and regulatory compliance.
Benefits of Temperature Mapping
Prevents product losses by identifying thermal inconsistencies before they compromise batches
Satisfies FDA cGMP and regulatory requirements with documented validation data auditors expect [3]
Supports IQ/OQ/PQ qualification protocols for equipment installations and performance validation
Optimizes storage decisions by revealing which areas maintain the most stable conditions
Reduces compliance risk through documented history of environmental control
Risks of Neglecting Temperature Mapping
Undetected temperature excursions in unmapped areas while single-point monitoring creates false confidence
Regulatory findings and warning letters when facilities can’t produce mapping studies during inspections
Unknown product risk as temperature-sensitive materials in unvalidated spaces may degrade without visible signs
Higher costs from discovering environmental failures after product loss or failed audits rather than through proactive validation
Get Audit-Ready Temperature Mapping Services
Temperature excursions, compliance gaps, and failed qualifications create problems that extend far beyond a single audit finding. Our nationwide temperature mapping services provide the validated environmental data your quality system requires—before regulators ask for it.
Schedule Your Temperature Mapping Study:
Contact us to discuss your specific requirements. Our field service team has extensive experience with the temperature mapping process—from initial assessment through final documentation. Whether you’re qualifying new equipment, investigating temperature concerns, or maintaining ongoing GMP compliance, we’ll answer your questions and schedule a study that fits your timeline.
Allometrics
1425 Atlantis Dr Suite B
Webster, TX 77598
(281) 474-3329