Healthcare

Organ Transplantation Logistics Company Announces Nationwide Launch

June 24, 2020

MediGO, a hardware and software platform for organ transplantation logistics, today announced its official launch into the national healthcare industry at the annual meeting of the Association for Organ Procurement Organizations.

Honeywell Software to Help Enforce Social Distancing to Protect Mobile Workers on the Job

June 22, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Honeywell announced several new software solutions designed to help companies enforce COVID-19 site health and safety procedures for highly mobile workers in the warehousing, logistics, health care and retail fields.

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Watch: Is COVID-19 a Turning Point for Supply Chains?

June 17, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Vito Calabretta, senior vice president of global operations with Tecsys, relates how supply chains are adjusting to the coronavirus pandemic, and how they might be permanently changed when it's over.

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Watch: Curing the Healthcare Supply Chain

June 12, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Christopher Tang, professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, describes what it will take for hospital and healthcare supply chains to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Has Revealed Fatal Flaws in the U.S. Drug Supply Chain

June 12, 2020

Anthony Loiacono, SCB Contributor

The U.S. is seeing dangerous effects from an over-reliance on offshore manufacturers.

Transportation Management Solutions Provider Neurored Launches Critical Supply Chain Network

May 28, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Neurored, a global supply chain management and transportation management solutions provider native to the Salesforce CRM platform, recently announced a new digital supply chain network developed to speed the sourcing, production and shipping of critical supplies including COVID-19 personal protective equipment.

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Watch: Vulnerabilities in the Healthcare Supply Chain

May 27, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Mike Piccarreta, partner with Kearney, speaks about the ability of the healthcare system’s supply chain to react to national emergencies, and the vulnerabilities that have been exposed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

A doctor prepares a syringe for injection

Another Challenge for Vaccine Makers: Keeping It at Minus-112 Degrees

May 21, 2020

Bloomberg

A little-known biotech is working to surmount a hurdle that may hinder global access to a coronavirus vaccine.

Trump Investing Millions to Bring Drugmaking Back to U.S.

Trump Is Investing Millions to Bring Drugmaking Back to the U.S.

May 20, 2020

Bloomberg

The Trump administration plans to pump millions of dollars into producing more medications in the U.S. as the coronavirus pandemic heightens longstanding concerns about the fragility of the global drug supply chain.

The Impact of the Coronavirus on Global Supply Chains

The U.S. Drug Supply Chain in Crisis: Solutions to Shortages

May 13, 2020

Jessica L. Daley, Gregory Strohs & Alan H. Mutnick, SCB Contributors

New drug shortages are continuing to rise, with the potential for year-over-year growth to exceed 27%.

Healthcare

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the healthcare industry. Learn how healthcare companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.