Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Insurance Industry Eyes Increased Risks Expanded Panama Canal Brings

June 28, 2016

The Panama Canal accounts for roughly five percent of world sea trade, and the expanded Panama Canal is estimated to generate a three percent increase in cargo volumes transiting the canal.

A.P. Moller-Maersk Ponders Whether to Break Group Into Separate Companies

June 27, 2016

Maritime Executive

Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk could be split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

TQL Opens First New England Sales Office in Boston

June 21, 2016

Total Quality Logistics

Total Quality Logistics is opening a new sales office in Boston, Mass.

Staples Tests Same-Day Delivery in Some U.S. Cities

June 20, 2016

Fierce Retail

Staples is adding same-day delivery in major metropolitan areas with a new service called Staples Rush. The program is a test for the chain.

Imagine Where You Can Go With The Right Automation

June 20, 2016

Challenge: A pharmaceutical company's existing manual pick/pass picking system was constrained due to unbalanced workload across the operation — flooding some zones while others had no orders to pick.

PHARM Connect Congress 2017

June 18, 2016

PTC Issues PLM Application for Medical Device Industry

June 17, 2016

PTC

PTC has made available its Value-Ready Deployment (VRD) application for the medical device industry.

In Spat Over Processing Fees, Walmart Canada Stops Taking Visa

June 16, 2016

Fierce Retail

Walmart will soon stop accepting Visa cards at stores in Canada, the latest in its efforts to reduce fees paid to process transactions.

Dental Supplies Company Exemplifies Digital Transformation Through Cloud, Mobile, IoT

June 16, 2016

Fortune

You probably don't think of Henry Schein as a technology company. In fact, you probably don't think of Henry Schein at all. At No. 268 on the Fortune 500, it is one of the least known names on the list, in the most mundane of businesses - wholesaling supplies to dentists. But Henry Schein has managed to place itself at the center of a technological revolution. It has turned its dull-as-mouthwash catalogue business into the leading platform for digital dentistry, and increasingly for other medical practices.

The Compliance Map Launches Country-of-Origin Tracking Tool

June 15, 2016

The Compliance Map

The Compliance Map, a developer of environmental-compliance software, has launched the Compliance Map Origin Determination Module.

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.