Healthcare

3 Ways to Boost Healthcare Supply Chain Savings and Efficiencies

February 14, 2017

The Affordable Care Act has had a massive effect on the US healthcare industry. Consumers want their healthcare insurers to stem increases in premiums, deductibles, and co-pays. And these demands, along with increased enrollment, additional regulatory compliance, and tighter operating budgets have all added to the pressure on healthcare supply chain executives to improve efficiencies.

DynaLogger Provides UHF RFID Temperature and Moisture Tracking

February 13, 2017

RFID Journal

Dynamox, a technology company in Florianopolis, Brazil, is marketing a new ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID-enabled data logger that serves as a low-cost option for tracking goods in a cold supply chain using RFID sensors.

Gartner: Supply Chain Is Changing Healthcare for the Better

February 1, 2017

Forbes

Healthcare is a unique value chain. Its demand arises not from want, but from need. Orders come not from the customer (patient) but from an intermediary (a doctor). And willingness to pay is often infinite. How can the supply chain principles that drive CPG and hi-tech work here?

Feds: McKesson Agrees To Pay $150M In Pill Shipment Case

January 23, 2017

The New York Times

A major California-based drug wholesaler has agreed to pay $150m to settle allegations that it failed to detect and report pharmacies' suspicious orders of prescription pain pills, federal prosecutors said last week.

AI Adoption Linked To Faster Revenue Growth, Research Shows

January 23, 2017

Infosys

Organizations who reported faster growth in revenue over the past three years were also more likely to be further ahead in using artificial intelligence, according to new research by IT consulting company Infosys.

Trump's Next Supply Chain Target Is Big Pharma

January 19, 2017

Jonathan Webb, Head of Strategy Research, Procurement Leaders

In his press conference last week, Donald Trump launched an attack on the pharmaceutical industry. He called for their manufacturing facilities to return to U.S. production.

American Airlines Cargo To Begin Daily Widebody Service

January 16, 2017

American Airlines Cargo

Starting April 4, 2017, American Airlines will begin daily, nonstop widebody service between San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín Airport (SJU) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), home of American Airlines Cargo's 25,000-square-foot pharmaceutical facility, the airline announced. The daily Airbus A330-200 widebody route will be in addition to the current two daily narrow-body flights.

SATO Launches New Group Companies In The Philippines

January 11, 2017

SATO

SATO, a global provider of Auto-ID tools, has announced it will launch two new group companies in the Philippines. By establishing SATO Philippines AIDC Solutions Inc. and SATO Philippines Auto-ID SP Inc., the SATO Group says it seeks to better serve customers in the country.

Mobile Phone Masts Support Vaccine Supply Chain

December 28, 2016

Supply Management

Innovative partnerships between private sector companies, voluntary organisations and governments can help solve global challenges and provide access to healthcare and food, according to a report by SCM World and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Changing Healthcare Supply Chain From Cost to Profit Center

December 22, 2016

SupplyChainBrain

After curing the ills of its founder's broken supply chain, ROi set out to remedy supply chain problems throughout the healthcare industry, and now services more than 100 hospitals.

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.