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Pharmaceutical Shipping: Tips to Lower Transport Spend

Intelligent Audit

As many companies push for this change and commitment to a business, it leaves less capacity for typical pharmaceutical chains—especially pharmaceutical companies that do business in the last mile of residential delivery. The State of Shipping Pharmaceuticals in the U.S.

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How Cold Chain Differs Between the Food and Pharmaceutical Industries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Food Waste and World Hunger – The Food Supply Chain is Broken! The cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain that includes continuous refrigeration of the product from production to transportation, handling, storage, and delivery. Subscribe Here!

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The Importance of Transportation Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

For ocean cargo, however, if a shipment gets bumped to the next ship, it can add up to 15 days to the transit time. For ocean cargo, there are multiple sources feeding into ETAs, including the initial Captains ETA as well as ASI data from ship transponders. It is a lot harder for many companies to find capacity on boats.

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Real-Time Visibility: The Customer Has Spoken

Logistics Viewpoints

Air cargo visibility is also becoming a more important aspect of overall transportation visibility. This is due to the limited capacity on trucks and boats as capacity has shrunk and demand has surged. It is a lot harder for many companies to find capacity on boats. These changes can add significant time to the ETA.

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Avoiding Port Congestion with Neel Jones Shah

The Logistics of Logistics

A widely recognized leader in the global logistics industry, Neel was formerly SVP and Chief Cargo Officer at Delta Airlines and VP Sales and Marketing at United Airlines. Companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to optimize their supply chains, and deliver for customers anywhere in the world.

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Is the Cold Chain Ready for COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery?

QAD

Cold Chain Temperature Management Matters. To ensure product quality, a temperature-controlled supply chain known as the cold chain was established to ensure temperature-sensitive products are monitored at every step of the process. The Battle for Air Cargo Capacity. “ Pharma is always the priority.

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Chill Pill Has a Whole New Meaning for Pharma Supply Chain

Aera Technology

The pharma supply chain can be incredibly complex with new molecular entities taking as long as a decade to get to market. While the number of pharma companies currently involved in the space is modest, the long-term opportunities and health benefits are tremendous.