Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Load/Truck Ratios, Cost of Fuel on Rise - Spot Rates Next?

June 1, 2016

Spot truckload freight volume and available capacity both fell during the week ending May 21, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards. However, load-to-truck ratios increased and diesel prices have been rising sharply - an indication that spot rates may pick up soon.

Drop in Fuel Prices Causes Fleet Vehicle Costs to Decline 14 Percent in 2015

May 31, 2016

Element Financial Corp.

The total cost of having a vehicle fleet fell by 14 percent from 2014 to 2015 due primarily lower fuel prices, according to the inaugural Element Fleet Total Cost of Ownership Index.

Does Your Supply Chain Strategy Include Mobile?

May 27, 2016

Shariq Toor, Content Strategist, Pivot International

Anyone managing a supply chain has to have a good head for logistics, coordinating a number of sources in manufacturing or procurement, negotiating for the best supplies at the best prices, and navigating a maze of partners on all levels. This means an extensive amount of time taken for inventory and cataloguing.

Research Promises Possibility of Manufacturing Generic Drugs Inside Pharmacies

May 27, 2016

Fierce Pharma

More and more drug makers are giving continuous manufacturing a try, seeing it as the future in small molecule drug production, in part, because the plants for the process are much smaller than those for batch processing. Now, scientists at MIT have a prototype of a continuous manufacturing device so small it might be used by pharmacies to produce their own generic drugs.

What Should You Look For In Freight Auditing and Payment Software?

May 25, 2016

Garry Oswald, VP of Sales and Marketing, National Traffic Service

For more than 60 years, freight and parcel shippers have used service companies to audit their shipping invoices and to make accurate payments to their carriers. However, due to the desire to maintain control of the process, some shippers would rather not outsource this function. In recent years, some audit and payment providers have developed software tools that allow shippers to bring these controls in-house.

ThermoFisher Scientific: Why Good Risk Management Is Crucial to Product Quality

May 25, 2016

Lee Young, Director, Supplier Quality, ThermoFisher Scientific

Boston Scientific: How the Life Sciences Sector Addresses Risk Management

May 25, 2016

Michael Landberg, Strategic Global Sourcing Manager, Boston Scientific

TrackX Partners With Quest Solution for Asset Tracking

May 24, 2016

TrackX Inc.

TrackX Inc., a provider of radio frequency identification-enabled asset tracking and supply-chain management technology, has announced a partnership with Quest Solution Inc., an integrator of mobility systems for hardware manufacturers.

Unilever Grabs No. 1 Spot in Gartner's Annual Ranking of Top 25 Supply Chains

May 23, 2016

Gartner

Unilever has taken the No. 1 spot in the 12th Annual Supply Chain Top 25 rankings from Gartner Inc.

Challenges of Cross-Border E-commerce in Ukraine & Eastern Europe

May 23, 2016

Katya Bezyuk, Global Business Development Director, Nova Poshta International

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.