Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Agility Opens Pharmaceutical Competence Center in Brazil

September 3, 2015

Logistics provider Agility has opened a Pharmaceutical Competence Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Pharmaceutical Companies Can Play Major Role in Digital Revolution of Healthcare

September 3, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies are running hard to keep pace with changes brought about by digital technology. Mobile communications, the cloud, advanced analytics, and the Internet of Things are among the innovations that are starting to transform the healthcare industry in the ways they have already transformed the media, retail and banking industries. Pharma executives are well aware of the disruptive potential and are experimenting with a wide range of digital initiatives.

Post-Katrina, New Orleans Sees Benefit of Using Cloud to Enable Disaster Recover

September 2, 2015

CIO

The City of New Orleans and private businesses that struggled to survive the devastation of Hurricane Katrina learned some valuable lessons. One of the primary caveats when it comes to business continuity is to mitigate risk by embracing the cloud.

Kenco Implements FDA Validated System to Deliver 50% Productivity Improvement

August 31, 2015

Challenge: A pharmaceutical customer's growing order volumes and regulatory compliance needs prompted Kenco to reevaluate the customer's technology solution.

Sales, Prices of Used Class 8 Trucks Continue to Rise

August 31, 2015

ACT Research

Used Class 8 truck metrics were generally in line from June to July, with average age and miles up an incremental 1 percent each. Compared to last year, average prices were up 2 percent in July and 6 percent year to date, according to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research.

Manufacturing to Create 700,000 Jobs This Year - Report Asks How Many Will Go to Women

August 28, 2015

APICS

Manufacturing is expected to yield approximately 700,000 new jobs in 2015, according to a report from APICS Supply Chain Council, which urges the industry to recruit women for those positions.

Cardinal Health Launches Modules for Hospital Inventory Management

August 27, 2015

Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health Inventory Management Solutions has launched a series of automated, cloud-based workflow modules for biological implants, sutures, and trauma and spine implants.

Internet of Things 'Feeds' Predictive Supply Chain

August 25, 2015

FierceRetailIT

An influx of sensors relating to Internet of Things technology is generating a growing volume of data to feed the predictive supply chain, and informs not only operational decisions, but also helps analyze the behavioral patterns of workers.

Rates Tumble as Spot Load Availability Rises

August 24, 2015

DAT Solutions

Van and reefer load availability increased for the third consecutive time, for the week ending Aug. 15, but so did the availability of equipment, contributing to lower national average spot market rates for van, refrigerated and flatbed loads, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards.

Bracing for Supply Chain Sticker Shock

August 21, 2015

Michael Deering, Steven Tess and Michael Edwards, PwC

For most of the past three decades, private equity firms and other investors have relied on two simple questions to assess the supply chains of the companies in which they've invested: Are our companies leveraging low-cost country supply sources and are they keeping supply chain costs in check? Deeper inquiries have always seemed unnecessary, so private equity firms and investors have focused on other aspects of the businesses they own to drive value.

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.