Healthcare

Top 10 Reasons Why You Need a Healthcare Consolidated Service Center

July 29, 2020

Are you re-examining your healthcare supply-chain management strategy? Here's why to consider a consolidated service center.

Q2 2020 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index

July 28, 2020

U.S. Bank

Benchmark your freight performance with the latest national and regional shipping volumes and expenditures.

Shortage of Safety Supplies Adds to Risks for U.S. Reopening

‘Covidpreneurs’ Hawk Body Bags Amid Mexico Shortages

July 28, 2020

Bloomberg

With millions of Mexicans out of work due to COVID-19, some are seizing on the pandemic to trade in medical and other equipment, solving shortages while also causing price spikes and supply chaos.

The World’s Supply Chain Isn’t Ready for a COVID-19 Vaccine

July 27, 2020

Bloomberg

The industries that shepherd goods around the world on ships, planes and trucks acknowledge they aren’t ready to handle the challenges of shipping an eventual COVID-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people.

Optimizing the Healthcare Supply Chain With a WMS

July 21, 2020

Eric Allais, SCB Contributor

Hospitals and healthcare facilities may not have large inventories or warehouses, but their complex needs stand to benefit from a warehouse management system.

Supply Chain Robots in a Post-Pandemic World: E-Book of the Year

July 16, 2020

Locus Robotics

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a seismic shift in a drastically underprepared logistics industry.

Why Metrics Are Essential to Modern-Day Warehouse Operations

July 7, 2020

TECSYS

Though long crucial to supply-chain management, metrics have migrated from board-room strategy sessions to operational decision-making.

The LogiMed Virtual Event: Improving Your End-To-End Supply Chain During Turbulent Times

July 2, 2020

The LogiMed Virtual Event will provide you with insights and resources from your peers who are also working through unprecedented challenges at their organizations.

Five Supply-Chain Lessons Hospitals Can Learn From COVID-19

July 2, 2020

John Freund, SCB Contributor

We've learned the hard way that today's supply chains are not up to the task of managing critical supplies.

Hospitals Are Counting Beds Again With Virus Cases Rising

June 25, 2020

Bloomberg

The federal government is boosting procurement of supplies that may be needed if COVID-19 hospitalizations surge.

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.