Logistics & cold chain packaging: Page 77

Live from Cool Chain Europe: Champagne toast for Cool Chain Excellence Award winners

Awards recognize outstanding contributions in temperature control logistics and Quality Assurance in the pharmaceutical cold-chain industry.

January 29, 2014

Luxexpo exposition center in Luxembourg hosted Cool Chain Europe 2014.

Live from Cool Chain Europe: The 10 Commandments of temperature-sensitive product supply

Brought down from the mountaintop of experience handling temperature-sensitive products, these 10 commandments summarize best practices in cold-chain logistics.

January 28, 2014

At a well-attended tabletop discussion on day one of the Cool Chain & Controlled Room Temperature Logistics Europe conference in Luxembourg, Laurent Foetisch, Managing Director of Supply Chain Operations SA, shepherded participants through “The ‘Ten Commandments’ for Successful Supply of Temperature-Sensitive Products,” developed by Cold Chain IQ and Kaoutar Sahli Lenstra, Senior Cold Chain and Specialties Analyst for Pfizer and a member of the Industry Advisory Board for this year’s event.

Live from Cool Chain Europe: Pharma freight requires specialized cargo center

A new Pharma & Healthcare Hub at Luxembourg’s Findel airport is on track to handle 30,000 tons of ambient and cold-chain temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products in 2014.

January 27, 2014

Cool Chain attendees view the ambient storage area in Luxair Cargo’s new Pharma & Healthcare Hub. The facility can accommodate 1,270 Euro pallets of 15°C to 25°C product.

Sonoco ThermoSafe: CRT prequalified shippers

New insulated shippers ensure 15° to 25°C protection for pharmaceuticals and other high-value biologics for a minimum of two days.

January 27, 2014

Sonoco ThermoSafe: CRT prequalified shippers

Regulatory burdens weigh on combination product manufacturers

Regulatory matters, processing and manufacturing, as well as fill/finish and packaging rank as the most challenging areas for makers of combination products.

January 23, 2014

Regulatory issues represented the primary challenge for combination product makers, closely followed by processing and manufacturing, and then fill/finish and packaging. These details provide keen insight into manufacturer needs, particularly for consultants and suppliers involved in these topical areas.

How GS1 can help with pilot testing

GS1 US offers a 2105 Readiness Pilot program that offers a simple approach for initiating and managing pilots.

January 18, 2014

Packaging/Filling

Schwabe North America banks on stock optimization

Stock optimization analysis helps pharmaceutical company customize its spare parts handling process after relocating from Utah to Wisconsin.

January 7, 2014

The individually tailored balance between stocking on site and ordering via the E-Portal helped to improve planning procedures and also reduced the risk of downtime.

Pharmaceuticals

Impact on wholesaler/distributors, pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals

Wholesaler/distributors face an incredible challenge. They will receive data from hundreds of suppliers—and must disseminate it to thousands or tens of thousands of customers—and have to figure out how to manage it all.

January 6, 2014

E-pedigree models and the U.S. drug supply chain

The debate over pedigree regulatory models in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain often centers on how much data for each package of drugs needs to be moved between trading partners as those drugs physically move through the supply chain.

January 6, 2014

Business process considerations for mixing serialized with non-serialized shipments

You might need to implement special business processes for handling serialized versus non-serialized shipment processing with your supply chain partners during piloting.

January 5, 2014

Pharmaceuticals

Inference: The importance of aggregation accuracy

Pedigree laws that mandate unit-level serialization, like the California pedigree law, require members of the supply chain to certify shipment and receipt using unit-level serial numbers.

December 27, 2013

Packaging line modifications for serialization

Line serialization, while a significant investment in time and money, is less strategically taxing than sharing the data internally from each line and plant up through the enterprise, and with your trading partners.

December 27, 2013

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When Worst Case Becomes Real: ISO 11607 and the Risk of Packaging Failure

Manufacturers who treat ISO 11607's worst-case clauses as a risk-management tool, rather than a box to check, are far better positioned to keep their packaging, and their products, performing as intended.

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Are Bacteria Cellulose Face Masks the Future of Skin Health?

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How an Integrated Leaflet Simplifies Pharmaceutical Cartoning

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What Autonomous Supply Rooms Mean for Healthcare Packaging

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