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Medical Devices: A Tale of Two Countries

It was the worst of times for U.S./Mexico healthcare. Can demand-driven logistics make it the best of times?

Streamlining the Hospital Supply Chain: Just What the Doctor Ordered

As hospitals begin transforming to adapt to new healthcare initiatives, they are easing the pain by restructuring and streamlining supply chain operations.

First Aid for the Hospital Supply Chain

Hospitals are aching to cut costs and increase efficiencies. Some supply chain management therapy might be just what the doctor ordered.

May 21, 2014 | Expedited Shipping | Health Care Logistics

Shipment Visibility: SilverStaff Passes the Test

Medical testing lab SilverStaff’s pain points included inbound shipment pickup service and visibility. UPS delivered the remedy.

January 20, 2014 | 3PL | Health Care Logistics | Inventory Management | Supply Chain Management

Controlling Costs in the Healthcare Supply Chain

Increasing regulation, supply chain inefficiency, and product security concerns plague healthcare companies already crippled by rising costs. Treating the ailments with high-tech tools and optimized logistics provides relief.

Trends—November 2013

Healthcare Execs Target Logistics Pain Points Regulatory compliance is the chief supply chain challenge facing global healthcare logistics executives, closely followed by product security and cost management, according to UPS’s annual survey of the top supply chain and business challenges and investment plans of global healthcare logistics executives in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device […]

August 20, 2013 | Global Logistics | Health Care Logistics | Pharmaceutical Logistics | Temperature-Sensitive Goods

Healthcare Logistics Gets a Shot in the Arm

Transporting temperature-sensitive flu vaccines to developing countries can be a headache. A logistics partner that stays cool under pressure provides a cure.

May 31, 2013 | Economic Development | Finance | Health Care Logistics | Picking Solutions

Trends—May 2013

Garden State Gets Greener New Jersey and sustainable development are perfect together. Industrial real estate developer Prologis recently broke ground on a new, 880,000-square-foot distribution facility on the Hackensack River in Jersey City, N.J. The Prologis Pulaski Distribution Center, a 50-acre former landfill, is located four miles from the Port of Elizabeth and three miles […]

August 15, 2012 | Health Care Logistics | Manufacturing | Pharmaceutical Logistics | Temperature-Sensitive Goods

Navigating Pharma Logistics

Temperature control, security, chain of custody, and regulatory compliance obstacles can stop pharmaceutical manufacturers at every turn. Strategic supply chain management helps provide a way out.

November 15, 2011 | Health Care Logistics | Supply Chain Management

Healthcare Supply Chain Costs: A Tough Pill to Swallow

Organizations all along the healthcare supply chain are taking a dose of smarter procurement and logistics practices to cure high costs and treat ailments in other areas of the business.

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