Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Airfreight Industry Finds Asia-to-South America Services Increasingly Popular

April 6, 2015

In early March, a loaded 747-400 freighter, operated by Atlas Air on behalf of forwarding firm Panalpina, pushed back from the gate in Huntsville, Alabama, and took off at sunset, full of machine parts from the American Midwest. It was the inaugural flight of Panalpina's twice-weekly "Brazil Wings" main-deck service from Huntsville to São Paulo, Brazil. On its return journey to Huntsville from Viracopos International Airport, the freighter flew on to Hong Kong International, with a load of perishable goods from Brazil and other South American markets. The total transit time for the new VCP-HSV-HKA route was less than 40 hours – pretty impressive for a journey of more than 11,300 nautical miles.

Ultimate Guide to Supply Chain Resiliency Program Success

April 2, 2015

Resilinc

How to Establish a Successful Marriage Between Logistics and Promotions

April 2, 2015

Karmen Gilbert & Jason Malmassari, both of HAVI Global Solutions

Promotions are often implemented as successful marketing tactics to assist in attracting new customers, retaining existing customers, testing new product concepts and quickly reacting to changing consumer demands. Not only do they provide brand recognition, but they also give marketers, product developers and sales people an additional avenue for creativity. While specialty products and limited-time offers can build brand revenue, implementing promotions isn't as easy as one might think when factoring in supply chain management requirements such as fulfillment and distribution.

China Hopes 50 Countries to Join Its Modern Silk Road Trade Project

April 2, 2015

Maritime Executive

China's President Xi Jinping said he hoped his nation's annual trade with the countries involved in Beijing's plan to create a modern Silk Road would surpass $2.5tr in a decade.

TNT Opens Healthcare Transport Hub in Netherlands

April 1, 2015

TNT

TNT has inaugurated an international transport hub in Heerlen, the Netherlands, dedicated to the shipping of medical devices to European hospitals and clinics.

Integrating Supply Chain Is Best Medicine for Healthcare Industry

April 1, 2015

Wall Street Journal

Fragmentation in the healthcare industry's supply chain inhibits the ability to evaluate clinical efficacy of purchased supplies, as well as identify opportunities to improve efficiency.

IAG Cargo Adds Services in Latin American Network

March 31, 2015

IAG Cargo

IAG Cargo is boosting its Latin America service network with the launching of a new route into Colombia, and the reopening of its route into Cuba.

Near Field Communication System Helps Luxury Sunglass Manufacturer with Returns Process

March 31, 2015

RFID Journal

Luxottica Group, a global luxury sunglass and eyeglass company, reports that it has improved quality, as well as the efficiency of its receiving, quality-inspection and subsequent re-stocking of returned products, by between 30 and 50 percent, by deploying a Near Field Communication RFID system. The solution employs an NFC dangle tag attached to each frame, and software that enables workers to view data about the item, and to update its status via NFC-enabled tablets.

Cargo Theft's Unexpected Ripple Effects

March 31, 2015

Salvatore Marino, Vice President of Business Development, CargoNet

Drop a pebble into a fishpond and it creates a tiny ripple. What starts as a local event instantly surges outward, causing a ring of disturbance that grows as it travels across the water. Beneath the surface, the goldfish scatter as a mallard above beats a rapid retreat. And for those who may be dozing on the shoreline, a chain of events has begun that forces change in every direction.

Call for applications - 2nd CEE Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Excellence Award

March 30, 2015

TEG with the support of the Hungarian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (MAGYOSZ) announces the 2nd Central Eastern European Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Excellence Award