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This Week in Logistics News (July 14-18, 2014)

Talking Logistics

At the center of Atlas’ product line is Atlas Exchange, a secure document exchange providing a “connect-once, access-all” network, securely linking retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and logistics service providers. 36 healthcare-capable FSL sites will provide medical device manufacturers access to over 80 percent of U.S.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. California. Connecticut. District of Columbia. Massachusetts. Mississippi. New Hampsire. New Jersey.

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Nursing Hospital and Healthcare Supply Into a New Age

Logistics Bureau

Orders are typically placed by different factions within a single facility, and fulfilled by multiple manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors. Vendor-managed Inventory. It actually extends all the way through to technology choices, such as bar code and RFID tracking to improve inventory management.