Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Thomas Pink Piloting IoT System With RFID to Manage Inventory, Traffic

February 3, 2017

U.K.-based luxury clothing and shirt retailer Thomas Pink launched an Internet of Things pilot at its Wall Street store in New York City this month that features ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID technology to track the movement of merchandise in real time throughout the business, and RetailNext camera-based technology.

Asia-Pacific Airlines See Cargo Rebound in Late 2016

February 2, 2017

Air Cargo World

Preliminary airfreight figures for 2016 from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) reaffirmed continued strength in the second half of the year, after a weak start.

Trends in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

February 2, 2017

Jim Calarese, Dir. of Supply Chain Systems, Sanofi Genzyme

Gartner: Supply Chain Is Changing Healthcare for the Better

February 1, 2017

Forbes

Healthcare is a unique value chain. Its demand arises not from want, but from need. Orders come not from the customer (patient) but from an intermediary (a doctor). And willingness to pay is often infinite. How can the supply chain principles that drive CPG and hi-tech work here?

FedEx to Operate Pickup Facilities at Walgreens Stores

February 1, 2017

MultiChannel Merchant

In a move similar to UPS and its access point location program launched two years ago, FedEx has struck a deal with Walgreens that will place staffed parcel pickup and drop-off operations at local Walgreens stores.

Taming Supply Chain Complexity

February 1, 2017

Alex Brown, VP of Supply Chain, Xilinx

Strategies for Effective Knowledge Transfer

February 1, 2017

Sarah Sedgman, Chief Knowledge Officer, Kinaxis

Enhancing Supply Chain Performance through Outsourcing

January 31, 2017

LeSaint Logistics

Survey: Consumers Are Looking at Product Origins, Demanding More Transparency

January 31, 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Home goods and apparel manufacturers: Consumers are voicing their concerns. With a new president focused on protecting products born in the U.S., consumers may be looking more closely at product origins, and could demand more transparency, according to a survey conducted by Harris Poll.

Improving Production Planning Efficiency

January 31, 2017

Jenny Balderrama, Production Planner, Keysight Technologies

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.