Pharmaceutical/biotech - Articles - Page 98

Sales, Prices of Used Class 8 Trucks Continue to Rise

August 31, 2015

Used Class 8 truck metrics were generally in line from June to July, with average age and miles up an incremental 1 percent each. Compared to last year, average prices were up 2 percent in July and 6 percent year to date, according to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research.

Manufacturing to Create 700,000 Jobs This Year - Report Asks How Many Will Go to Women

August 28, 2015

APICS

Manufacturing is expected to yield approximately 700,000 new jobs in 2015, according to a report from APICS Supply Chain Council, which urges the industry to recruit women for those positions.

Cardinal Health Launches Modules for Hospital Inventory Management

August 27, 2015

Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health Inventory Management Solutions has launched a series of automated, cloud-based workflow modules for biological implants, sutures, and trauma and spine implants.

Internet of Things 'Feeds' Predictive Supply Chain

August 25, 2015

FierceRetailIT

An influx of sensors relating to Internet of Things technology is generating a growing volume of data to feed the predictive supply chain, and informs not only operational decisions, but also helps analyze the behavioral patterns of workers.

Rates Tumble as Spot Load Availability Rises

August 24, 2015

DAT Solutions

Van and reefer load availability increased for the third consecutive time, for the week ending Aug. 15, but so did the availability of equipment, contributing to lower national average spot market rates for van, refrigerated and flatbed loads, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards.

Bracing for Supply Chain Sticker Shock

August 21, 2015

Michael Deering, Steven Tess and Michael Edwards, PwC

For most of the past three decades, private equity firms and other investors have relied on two simple questions to assess the supply chains of the companies in which they've invested: Are our companies leveraging low-cost country supply sources and are they keeping supply chain costs in check? Deeper inquiries have always seemed unnecessary, so private equity firms and investors have focused on other aspects of the businesses they own to drive value.

DuPont Reportedly Scores Highest Among Chemical Companies Striving to Lower Carbon Footprint

August 21, 2015

Environmental Leader

DuPont leads the chemical industry in preparing for a low-carbon economy, according to CDP's latest quarterly sector research report.

Freight Rates in Ocean Transport of Liquefied Natural Gas Come Under Pressure

August 21, 2015

Drewry

LNG carrier freight rates have come under severe pressure due to rising fleet supply and stabilising LNG demand, as Japan prepares to restart its nuclear power plants. Despite the general market belief that new LNG supply from Australian projects will provide ample employment to the growing fleet, there are immediate challenges on freight rates. This is due to 49 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of Australian LNG cargo supply expected to hit the market over the next two years, according to the newly launched LNG Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.