Pharmaceutical/Biotech

CargoNet: More Than $100M in U.S. Cargo Theft Last Year

February 7, 2017

In 2016, 1,614 records of cargo theft, heavy commercial vehicle theft, supply chain fraud, and other intelligence events across the United States and Canada were logged by analytics company CargoNet. More than 800 of those records involved cargo theft, the company said.

Continuous Sales and Operations Planning Process at TE Connectivity

February 6, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

The task of linking systems of any company with truly global reach is difficult enough to begin with, says Lindsey Kathmann, supply chain analyst at TE Connectivity, but complexity is heightened when the enterprise is structured into separate business units, some with their own spinoffs.

Trends in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

February 6, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Merging two companies is seldom easy, but it's even more difficult when their supply chains are highly dissimilar, says Jim Calarese, director of supply chain systems at Sanofi Genzyme.

In Advance of Earnings Calls, Apparel Brands Face the 'Trump Question'

February 6, 2017

Los Angeles Times

What to say? As corporate chieftains prepare for a round of no doubt excruciatingly painful fourth-quarter conference calls with Wall Street, they find themselves on unusually uncertain ground.

FedEx Pushes for Infrastructure Fix as Trump Weighs Investment

February 6, 2017

Bloomberg

The growth of e-commerce is putting enormous new demands on U.S. highways, airports and other infrastructure, which must be modernized with sustainable funding, FedEx Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Frederick Smith said.

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

February 3, 2017

RFID Journal

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.

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.