Risk Assessment White Papers & Case Studies
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Supply Chain Reacts To Health Care Cost Pressures With Innovative Partnerships
Innovation defines a wide range of initiatives that supply chain leaders in life science companies are pursuing to best help their organizations meet the fundamental changes occurring in the industry….heightened regulatory enforcement, outcomes-based reimbursement, consumer vs. provider centric care, increased access to care, and new taxes. The magnitude of these changes was made perfectly clear at a Health Care conference hosted by Gartner in November 2012. The keynote speaker, Don Cassey, CEO, Medical Segment, Cardinal Health, declared that the health care industry must reduce its cost by 30% in order to remain sustainable. To put this in perspective, this means that the US health care system would need to shed $5Trillion in operating cost. The need and value of step change innovation in the health care industry will never be higher. By Dave Bode, VP, Health Care Solutions – DSC Logistics
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How DSC Helped Kimberly-Clark Healthcare Drive Down Costs While Improving Service
When Kimberly-Clark Healthcare, manufacturers of medical supplies such as surgical gowns, surgical drapes and sterile wrap, decided to turn a distribution center in Roanoke, TX, into a mega deployment center, more than twice the size of their next largest facility, K-C knew the magnitude of the undertaking. And, they knew DSC Logistics was ready to handle the challenge.
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Marken Overcomes A Snow Emergency To Deliver Life-Saving Drug
Heavy snowfalls, flight cancellations, and difficult driving conditions created a logistical barrier when a life-saving drug needed to be transported from Dreux, France, to a dying patient, suffering from a hemorrhage and affected with hemophelia, in London.
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5 Tips For Successful Cold Chain Logistics
Cold chain shipments often have to be transported to the obscure parts of the world under strictly controlled temperature conditions. Making sure that clinical specimens, vaccine, drugs or other biologicals reach their destination safely, securely and at the right temperature is a critical element of the drug discovery process. As a shipper, you need to ensure that your “cold chain” runs efficiently and with the least amount of adverse incidents. By Dan Catizone
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Dangerous Goods Classification Confusion: UN 3373 Biological Substance, Category B
In the previous blog post “Infectious Biologicals Category A and B - Classification Guidelines,” I provided definitions of Infectious Biologicals Category A and B and some basic guidelines on how to classify your shipments. These definitions are clear and helpful when you know that your shipment contains pathogens. In that case, it is either on the list for Category A, or if it is not, then it is classified as Category B. By Michael Gotz
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A 15 Minute Guide To Efficient And Compliant Management Of GMP Controlled Documents
Life Sciences quality and manufacturing organizations face three critical industry forces: increasingly stringent regulation; globalization; and virtualization of supply networks.
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Securing The Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Against The Threat Of Counterfeit Drugs
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of spurious, falsely-labelled, falsified, or counterfeit medicines, or SFFC medicines as they are known — medicines that are deliberately and fraudulently produced, packaged and/or mislabeled — is a growing trend worldwide which threatens both patient safety as well as public confidence in the health systems and regulatory bodies designed to provide oversight and control.
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Implementing Packaging Artwork Inspection Tools Helps Clondalkin Streamline Quality Control
The Clondalkin Group is an international producer of high value added packaging products and services, with over 35 production locations in 8 countries throughout Europe and North America. With recent acquisitions of new plants and new sites worldwide, Clondalkin looked to centralize its operations for proofreading of artwork in order to provide global quality control to their customers.
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Future of the Cold Chain Industry Survey Results
Previewing the results of Sonoco Thermosafe’s Future of the Cold Chain Industry survey, which will be fully released at the 12th Annual Cold Chain Global Forum in Boston, September 29-October 3.