Pharmaceutical companies have struggled for years to track their products throughout their supply chains, making it possible for counterfeiters to introduce fake drugs into the market.
United Parcel Service is building two giant freezer farms capable of super-cooling millions of vials of a COVID-19 vaccine, preparing for the day when it will need to deliver the medicine at high speed across the globe.
The Dubai-based conglomerate, facing significant operational inefficiencies and a huge number of different products and customers, moves to assert more control over transportation routing and scheduling.
With millions of Mexicans out of work due to COVID-19, some are seizing on the pandemic to trade in medical and other equipment, solving shortages while also causing price spikes and supply chaos.
The industries that shepherd goods around the world on ships, planes and trucks acknowledge they aren’t ready to handle the challenges of shipping an eventual COVID-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people.
Hospitals and healthcare facilities may not have large inventories or warehouses, but their complex needs stand to benefit from a warehouse management system.
The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the healthcare industry. Learn how healthcare 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.
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