Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Lufthansa Cargo Takes Over Time:Matters; Debuts MyAirCargo Service

August 25, 2016

Lufthansa Cargo has assumed complete ownership of the time:matters Group, a specialist in global same-day delivery and time-critical international spare-parts logistics.

Machine-to-Machine/IoT Telemetry Brings Heightened Visibility to Cargo Movement

August 25, 2016

Maritime Executive

Currently, containers, ships and other intermodal transport assets such as chassis and gensets are mainly what we call "dark, dumb and disconnected." What this means is that we really don't know much about them. They are not self-aware, we can't see them, and they can't tell us about their actions and status.

Biggest Successes, Lessons Learned in MES Implementation to be Discussed at Pharmaceutical MES Conference

August 24, 2016

Customization, FDA Draft Guidance, Designing EBR Among Discussion Topics

In Wake of Hospira Acquisition, Pfizer Consolidating DCs

August 22, 2016

FiercePharma

Pfizer has decided that it does not need the legacy distribution sites that it got with the $15bn buyout of Hospira last year and so will close four facilities across the U.S., consolidating distribution into two Pfizer logistics centers next year. In the process it will whack 104 jobs.

Market for Robotics, Other Automation in Manufacturing Sees Record Sales

August 22, 2016

Association for Advancing Automation

The North American automation industry has set records to begin 2016, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the industry's trade group. The advent of more automation in North American manufacturing promises increased efficiencies in production and the ability to compete globally.

Jump Technologies Releases New Software Module for Medical

August 19, 2016

Jump Technologies Inc.

Jump Technologies Inc., a software vendor specializing in applications for supply management in hospitals, has developed the new JumpStock module for operating rooms (ORs).

Explaining the Widening U.S. Trade Deficit

August 19, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The U.S. trade deficit is continuing to decline - but don't blame imports for the widening gap.

Yusen Logistics Sets up Temp-Controlled D.C. in Cambodia

August 18, 2016

Yusen Logistics

Yusen Logistics (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. has established a temperature-controlled distribution center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Slowdown Seen in Crude Oil Shipping

August 18, 2016

Drewry

A steep rise in refinery capacity in the Middle East, the world's crude oil production hub, will diminish oil trade growth and with it prospects for tanker shipping, according to the latest edition of the Tanker Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Communication: The Key to Business Success

August 17, 2016

Dave Dallas, Chief Marketing Officer, Sunteck Transport

Pharmaceutical/Biotech

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Learn how pharmaceutical and biotech 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.