Pharmaceutical/Biotech

RFID-Enabled Pocket Sorter System Delivers Millions of Goods at DCs

August 1, 2017

SSI Schaefer Systems has released an automated system with a modular radio frequency identification-enabled pocket sorter that it is now selling to distribution centers worldwide.

Apple May Skirt IPhone Tariffs As Foxconn Comes to the U.S.

August 1, 2017

Industryweek

Apple Inc. likes to say it supports two million U.S. jobs. Plans by the company's main manufacturing partner for a $10bn factory in Wisconsin will add at least 10,000 more, helping Apple fend off the threat of import tariffs on its most important product, the iPhone.

Politics Drive Foxconn's U.S. Manufacturing Aspirations

July 28, 2017

Bloomberg

Foxconn Technology Group's plan to invest $7bn in U.S. manufacturing has touched off a scramble among three heartland states. At stake are not only jobs - but votes as well.

Hard Questions for a Company at the Center of the Opioid Crisis

July 27, 2017

The New York Times

The immense pay packages bestowed on corporate chieftains are often said to reflect feats of management that enrich company shareholders. An executive's masterly performance justifies the compensation, in other words.

Supply Chain Innovation Is Key to Affordable Healthcare, Report Says

July 27, 2017

Supply Management

Advanced supply chains could be the key to helping life sciences and healthcare meet increasing demand for services cost, according to a report.

Border Tax and Nafta Exit Could Harm U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry, Study Finds

July 26, 2017

Boston Consulting Group

Two proposed policy changes - imposing a border adjustment tax (BAT) and withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) - would likely fail to achieve their goal of reversing the trend of offshoring manufacturing to low-cost countries and could potentially harm the U.S. motor vehicle industry, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Autonomous Ships: Regulations in Their Wake

July 24, 2017

Maritime Executive

The general public is well aware of the continuing development of autonomous vehicles - the media constantly provides stories on the advances of these self-driving cars, trucks and cabs. While not receiving the same media amount of coverage, the technology for autonomous ships is also rapidly developing.

Nevada Approves Emergency Regulation Aimed at Solving Marijuana Shortage

July 21, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Nevada has approved an emergency regulation aimed at solving a marijuana shortage by expanding who is allowed to transport the drug from cultivation facilities to retail dispensaries.

Nevada Has a Drug Problem: Shops Are Running Out of Marijuana

July 19, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Nevada officials have declared a state of emergency over marijuana: There's not enough of it.

Pentagon Adds Weight to Buy American Policy

July 18, 2017

Supply Management

The Pentagon is making a renewed push to enforce laws that shut out foreign suppliers from defense supply chains.

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.