Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Can Blockchain Fix the Opioid Epidemic? Intel Wants to Find Out

May 3, 2018

Digital currencies have been accused of worsening the opioid crisis because they make it easier to buy and sell drugs anonymously.

How to Avoid Supply Chain Control Tower Failures

May 2, 2018

Srinivas Guddati

Supply chain control towers can offer significant benefits to companies by extending visibility and control beyond the enterprise, and enabling advanced analytics, real-time collaboration, and sophisticated optimization. However, many control towers do not reach their full potential as they are built on antiquated foundations.

California High School Takes On Commercial Truck Driver Shortage

May 1, 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

With a commercial truck driver shortage looming, a high school in Patterson, Calif., decided to take a proactive approach by creating a truck driving school program dedicated to bringing new drivers into the industry.

Automating Fax, Email & EDI Orders In An ERP Environment

How to Bring Speed, Visibility and Accuracy to Every Phase of Order Processing

May 1, 2018

Esker

Restaurants Calm Customers, Say Their Romaine Is Safe

April 30, 2018

The Washington Post

Restaurants’ advice to their customers? Romaine calm.

Amazon Site Awash With Counterfeit Goods Despite Crackdown

April 30, 2018

The Guardian

Amazon is rife with potentially dangerous counterfeits and other knockoff goods despite years of attempts to crackdown on mis-selling on its platform, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

Thailand Courts Foreign Investment, While Leadership Questions Remain

April 30, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Thailand government officials have a number of colorful ways of characterizing the state of the nation’s economy just prior to the military coup of May, 2014.

How a Rare Disease Specialist Addresses Risk

April 27, 2018

Mika Yokoyama, Head of Business Operations, Shire

Managing Supply-Chain Risk: An Ever-Moving Target

April 27, 2018

Lee Spach, Irvin S. Varkonyi, Mika Yokoyama, Matt Mills and Bob Bowman

Global Screen, Test and Repair Options

April 27, 2018

Flash Global

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.