Pharmaceutical/Biotech

How Truckload Marketplace Reduces Waste

July 31, 2015

Truckload marketplace Transfix is adding a new dimension to matching drivers with available loads, says CEO Drew McElroy. By making greater use of smartphones, McElroy says Transfix makes more efficient matches, which reduces empty miles and driver wait times.

Supply Chain Excels at Many Things - But Not in Managing Working Capital

July 31, 2015

The Wall Street Journal

Many companies have become adept at using supply-chain management to increase their competitiveness, yet the function remains under-utilized in one vital area: working capital management.

Grimaldi Group Enhances Med-West Africa Service

July 30, 2015

Grimaldi Group

The Grimaldi Group is enhancing its Mediterranean Express Service (MEX), linking ports in the Mediterranean with West Africa.

BioPharma India Convention 2015 - Showcasing India's Biopharma Future

July 29, 2015

CEVA Logistics Opens Spare Parts D.C. in Netherlands

July 29, 2015

CEVA Logistics

CEVA Logistics has opened a global distribution center in Born, the Netherlands for industrial spare parts.

Industrial Biomanufacturing Moves Forward With Fits and Starts

July 29, 2015

Chemistry World

Hope and expectation surround the chemical industry's increasing adoption of biotechnological manufacturing - but today, their lengthy development times and complex processes mean frustration is a major byproduct.

Businesses Must Transform to Succeed, and IT Is Critical to Making That Change

July 27, 2015

BCG

To build advantage, organizations must do more than just change. They must transform. As technology's role in business becomes ever more important, transformations will increasingly be underpinned by significant technology programs. In such technology-enabled transformations, IT leaders need two different strategies to ensure success.

May Shippers Index Reflects Manageable Capacity Utilization

July 27, 2015

FTR

FTR's Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for May, at -3.1, reflects the current manageable capacity utilization, which is expected to remain in place through 2015. As a result of improved capacity and low fuel prices, shippers are getting a welcome respite from rate increases. This environment should be maintained throughout the year. However, conditions affecting shippers will deteriorate in 2016 as the pressure from expected new regulations will put a significant drag on capacity.

On-time Performance in Container Trade Keeps Getting Better

July 27, 2015

Drewry

Container service reliability made another steady improvement in June with the aggregate on-time performance for the three key East-West trades rising by 5.7 percentage points to extend the data-series record to 77.3 percent, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

Staples Revamps Online Sales Approach for Larger Businesses

July 24, 2015

Internet Retailer

Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of office supplies retail and wholesale giant Staples Inc., has relaunched StaplesAdvantage.com to make it more accessible and useful to large and mid-sized businesses.

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.