Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Creating a Life-Saving Industry Through Regenerative Manufacturing

November 20, 2017

Industryweek

It almost takes a force of nature to move an idea from the lab to the factory.

Rise of the Smart Machines

November 17, 2017

Kinaxis

How concurrent planning and AI can help you win big in supply chain planning

Best Practices in Oil and Gas Supply Chain and Procurement

November 17, 2017

Vinodkumar Raghothamarao, strategy consultant, IHS Markit EMEA

As low oil prices continue to put downward pressure on oil and gas companies, supply chain efficiencies are needed more than ever in the industry, particularly in the non-hydrocarbon area.

Someone Figured Out How to Put Tomatoes on a Blockchain

November 16, 2017

Bloomberg

Intrigued by how blockchain was changing finance, an ex-banker at Wells Fargo & Co. and a former executive at Nasdaq Inc. began looking for other opportunities. They looked at applying the technology to insurance, law, even music. Then they hit on farming.

This Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy Business

November 14, 2017

Bloomberg

The pharmacy market is one of the biggest potential new targets for Amazon.com Inc.

CVS Adds Next-Day Prescription Delivery As Threat of Amazon Competition Looms

November 13, 2017

The Washington Post

Amid broad anticipation that Amazon will soon get into the pharmacy business and disrupt the business of selling prescription drugs, pharmacy giant CVS Health has announced it will launch a next-day prescription delivery service nationwide.

Amazon's Push Into Pharmacy Business Is Full of Promise and Pitfalls

November 7, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

A move by Amazon.com Inc. into the $412bn pharmacy business would shake up how generations have gotten their medicines, but success could prove elusive even for the ever-expanding e-retailer.

Roche Pharmaceuticals: Supply-Chain Diversity Improves Innovation, Reputation

November 6, 2017

Supply Management

Diversifying your supply chain brings innovation and improves business credentials, according to the head of procurement at pharmaceutical firm Roche.

Developing Nations Hit by Container Shipping Squeeze

November 6, 2017

Maritime Executive

Seaborne trade grew by 2.6 percent in 2016, to reach 10.3 billion tons, but the pace remained below the historical three percent average, and demand for maritime shipping continued to lag behind supply, a new United Nations report says.

In Talks Over Nafta 2.0, IP Concerns Step to the Fore

November 6, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Physical products are important, but one of the biggest stumbling blocks to a revised North American Free Trade Agreement could be something that you can't hold in your hands.

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.