Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Schneider Launches Cross-Border Customs Service; Adds Montreal Lane

October 2, 2015

Schneider Intermodal has created a new program for streamlining customs clearance for select shipments crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by rail.

Big Data Analytics Helps Healthcare Product Supplier Keep Tabs on Inventory

October 2, 2015

IT World

H.D. Smith is using cloud analytics software to get a better handle on its supply chain, allowing it to slice and dice inventory by profit margin and customer as well as track the shipping route of prescriptions and health and other wellness products.

Banner Health: Balancing Supply-Chain Cost and Quality

October 2, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Doug Bowen, vice president supply chain, and Terry Loftus, medical director, surgical services and clinical resources, discuss the initiatives that Banner Health has undertaken in recent years to cut inventory and logistics costs, without affecting the quality of service to doctors and patients.

The Top Issues Facing Motor Carriers Today

October 1, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

John Lower, director of strategic carrier management with Transplace, discusses the big issues that carriers and shippers are grappling with today, including new regulations, tightening truck capacity and the concept of the "preferred shipper."

AMI U.K. Launches Online Cargo Portal for Freight Agents

October 1, 2015

Air Menzies International Ltd.

The U.K. arm of Air Menzies International Ltd. (AMI), a trade-only wholesaler of airfreight and express capacity, has launched an online Quote&Book portal.

GE Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant to Group Promoting Women in Manufacturing Vertical

September 30, 2015

Women in Manufacturing

Women in Manufacturing has received a $100,000 grant from the GE Foundation.

Report Details Pressure Online Retailing Causes Express Parcel Industry

September 24, 2015

Transport Intelligence

The express parcels industry is coming under pressure as never before. Fundamental changes in the market structure, caused by e-retailing, technological disruption and macro-economic upheaval, have created opportunities and challenges for express companies in equal measure.

When the E-commerce Explosion Leads to Raising the Roof on Warehouses

September 23, 2015

Jim Neuner, Senior Vice President of Intralogistics Design, Wynright Corporation

For 130 years, Chicago and New York City have been locked in a battle of the skyscrapers. Nine of the tallest buildings in the U.S., as well as more than one-half of the nation's towers greater than 785 feet, were built in just those two cities.

Get Your Head Out of the Clouds: Debunking Cloud Computing Myths

September 22, 2015

Keith Peterson, President & CEO, Halo BI

A thing of mystery to some and a place of utmost security to others, cloud computing and "the cloud" have entered our lexicon as something to be either feared or revered.

'Supply Chains to Admire': The 2015 Edition

September 21, 2015

Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO, Supply Chain Insights

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.