Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Chemical Industry Urged to Pump More into Export Logistics

June 17, 2015

The boom in natural gas production in the U.S. is "rippling downstream" to the plastics industry, and chemical companies will need to invest more in export logistics facilities as they ramp up U.S. plastics production, says Owen Kean, senior director of the American Chemistry Council. "For the most part, what's happening in the chemical industry is largely an export story."

Changing the Flu Vaccine Delivery Model By 600%

June 15, 2015

Challenge: DMLogic was challenged by a major pharmaceutical manufacturer to help change the delivery model of their seasonal flu vaccine from wholesale's distribution to direct shipments to physicians' offices and retail outlets. The impact was to radically change their shipping operations from 500 cases to 30,000 individual doses per week.

Shift Freight Adds Service Points in Michigan and Ohio

June 15, 2015

Shift Freight

Shift Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, is adding 1,400 direct service points in Michigan and Ohio.

How RFID Can Ensure Product Quality and Reduce Recalls

June 15, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

You can't tackle the problem of product recalls without data.

Effects of the Latest 'Perfect Storm' on Logistics & Manufacturing

June 15, 2015

Rob Lewin, Dir., Global Logistics, Flowserve

Banner Health: Balancing Supply-Chain Cost and Quality

June 15, 2015

Doug Bowen and Terry Loftus, Banner Health

Is Your Order Fulfillment Cycle Fast Enough?

June 12, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

A conversation with Andrew J. Breckenridge, executive vice president of Fortna.

How Retailers Can Ensure Their Supply Chains Deliver on Consumers' Expectations

June 12, 2015

CIO

Retailers and their suppliers are under more pressure than ever before to deliver more goods to more destinations faster. To stay competitive, "retailers need to know where things are at all times so they can redirect shipments, rebalance inventories and respond to new demands on the fly," says Rich Becks, general manager, Industry Value Chains, E2open, which delivers cloud-based supply chain collaboration solutions.

Subaru Is Incredibly Successful. Would Expansion Change That?

June 11, 2015

Business Week

Since 2011, Subaru's global sales have surged 45 percent to 913,100 vehicles, a pace bested only by a few burgeoning Chinese brands and Fiat Chrysler, which has been intent on making Jeep a popular choice in Europe and Asia. In the U.S., Tesla is the only car company that has increased sales as quickly in that period. And Subaru has done all this while cranking out the best profit margin in the industry.

AstraZeneca Embraces Supply-Chain Analytics

June 11, 2015

Amit Devpura, Head of Analytics, Global SC & Strategy, AstraZeneca

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.