Healthcare

Can Blockchain Fix the Opioid Epidemic? Intel Wants to Find Out

May 3, 2018

Digital currencies have been accused of worsening the opioid crisis because they make it easier to buy and sell drugs anonymously.

Half of Employers Are Struggling to Find Procurement Talent, Report Says

April 27, 2018

Supply Management

More than half (56 percent) of employers said they have struggled to find procurement talent in the last 12 months, according to the 2018 CIPS/Hays Procurement Salary Guide and Insights.

U.S. Is Way Behind Other Nations on Workers' Readiness for Jobs of the Future, Report Says

April 26, 2018

Los Angeles Times

The United States lags behind other countries in readiness for an increasingly automated world, placing ninth on a ranking of 25 advanced economies, according to a new report from Swiss technology giant ABB.

Technology Leader Saves $21M Annually in Parts, Labor Dispatching

April 24, 2018

Challenge: This Fortune 500 company was paying premium prices for replacement part transportation and labor — and suffered from late returns. Manual, siloed methods for managing dispatching made supply chain processes inefficient and error-prone.

Medical OEM Saves Millions by Transforming Spare Parts Order Management

April 24, 2018

OnProcess Technology

Digital Transformation Primer for the Post-Sale Supply Chain

April 24, 2018

OnProcess Technology

Post-Sale Services Exposé, Dangers Are Lurking Below the Surface

April 24, 2018

OnProcess Technology

Amazon Might Not Take on Drug Supply Chain After All, Report Suggests

April 19, 2018

Bloomberg

CVS Health Corp., along with rival drugstores and drug distributors, rallied after a report that Amazon.com Inc. had shelved plans to sell drugs to hospitals and other businesses.

Opinion: The Evolution of Healthcare and Life Sciences — Thanks to Blockchain

April 5, 2018

Randy Bean, CIO Network, Forbes contributor

Soon after its development as the underlying architecture for Bitcoin, the concept of the blockchain was recognized as having broader value beyond enabling a decentralized alternative form of currency.

Is Globalization a Double-Edged Sword in Healthcare?

March 28, 2018

Fortune

The world is flat, make that flatter, compared to just a couple of decades ago. That has both positive and negative implications when it comes to managing disease and care on a global level.

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.