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Tackling Drug Counterfeiting — Barcodes vs. RFID vs. Blockchain

Roambee

Although most industries are focusing on supply chain efficiency, pharma supply chains bring a bigger worry into the picture: patient safety. One of the major worries for the global pharmaceutical industry around patient safety is counterfeit drugs.

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How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

Supply Chain Brain

The technology has proved to be of particular value in in the pharmaceutical industry, where the slightest deviation in temperature can ruin an expensive shipment of drugs. Swiss-based Smart Containers Group , which designs temperature-controlled containers for pharma shippers, among others, collects more than 1.2

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Invest in a Smart Rail Cargo Tracking System — It’s About Time

Roambee

Globalization, containerization, and a surge in logistics connectivity have been a boon to the intermodal, multimodal, and global shipping industry.

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How to Keep Your Multimodal Transport Operators on Track

Roambee

Multiple modes of transportation, several freight forwarders, and a complete loss of visibility and control after the first mile — these are some of the multimodal shipment tracking challenges that customers can now tackle head-on thanks to revolutionary solutions in the IoT-enabled supply chain tracking space.

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Here’s Why Vaccine Cold-Chain Transportation Network Issues Highlight Sound Logistics Capabilities

Turvo

According to BioPharma , “To date, dry ice has been central to maintaining the ultra-cold temperatures that certain pharmaceutical products- such as the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine- need to be stored at while they are in transit.” The Dangers of Cold-Chain Transportation Network Failures.