Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Medical Supply Company Uses Buyer's Consol to Simplify Shipments

May 1, 2015

Challenge: A large medical supply company providing mobility solutions for patients, had multiple product suppliers and several shipment delays due to CFS congestion among other factors. Shipments were often late, and because of the number of LCL shipments, labor costs were prohibitive. After years of frustration, they turned to our company for help.

QuestaWeb Technology Automates $6 Billion Firm's Importing Processes

May 1, 2015

Challenge: The U.S. subsidiary of a $6 billion multinational electronics and electrical equipment company imported products from its Japanese headquarters using manual processes. Beyond the inefficiencies of using paper documentation and having brokers manually key data, the post-import reconciliation of broker documents for correctness and compliance was labor intensive.

QuestaWeb Solution Automates Export Compliance for Both Manual and Electronic Shipments

May 1, 2015

Challenge: A U.S. manufacturer of consumer and business products exported globally using both electronic and manual processes. The firm sought to centralize all export compliance activities in one solution that could perform denied party screening and manage Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) and export tariffs.

With Heightened Production, New Terminals Coming Online, U.S. to Become One of the Largest LNG Exporters

April 30, 2015

Maritime Executive

The United States is on track to saturate the global energy market with liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports by as early as this year, putting itself on course to become one of the world's largest LNG suppliers.

Tyson Plans to Ban All Human Antibiotics in Chicken Products by 2017

April 30, 2015

New York Times

Tyson Foods, one of the country's largest meat producers, said that it planned to eliminate the use of human antibiotics in its chicken production by 2017.

C.H. Robinson Expands in Vietnam; Adds Office in Antwerp

April 29, 2015

C.H. Robinson

C.H. Robinson, a global provider of multimodal logistics and freight-forwarding services, has opened a fully owned global forwarding office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Following Data Breaches in 2014, Many Companies Opt for Encryption

April 29, 2015

E-week

An annual survey of encryption deployment in businesses finds that slightly more firms have a comprehensive strategy than last year, with retail and health care firms showing the most significant gains.

Swisslog Wraps Up Acquisition of Forte Industries

April 28, 2015

Swisslog

Swisslog has completed its acquisition of Forte Industries, a warehouse automation system integrator based in Mason, Ohio.

Sales of Trucks Powered by Natural Gas in Slow Lane

April 28, 2015

ACT Research

Truckers are ordering new equipment in record numbers, but are not turning to natural-gas-fueled trucks as fast as had been projected two years ago, according to a report from ACT Research.

Spot Rates Dip as Capacity Exceeds Loads

April 27, 2015

DAT

National average spot truckload rates drifted downward amid weaker demand during the week ending April 18, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards.

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.