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Siemens Healthineers Brings Millions of Rapid COVID-19 Tests to Market with RRD’s Supply Chain and Warehousing Solutions

During the Omicron peak in January 2022, the company delivered millions of rapid COVID-19 antigen self-tests with help from RRD for inbound receipt, inspection, warehousing, labeling, fulfillment, and more.

Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers. ©2022 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers. ©2022 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.

When the COVID-19 Omicron variant broke out in January 2022, testing needs skyrocketed in a matter of weeks. Germany-based medical technology company Siemens Healthineers stepped up to make tens of millions of rapid antigen self-tests available to the U.S. population through state, federal, and local partnership efforts.

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But the company faced challenges with warehousing and staging space in North America, as well as labor resources. To accommodate the sudden expansion in warehouse and logistics needs for massive volumes of product, Siemens Healthineers collaborated with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions. The companies had worked together for a number of years prior to the pandemic, and also worked on Instructions for Use (IFUs) in Europe related to COVID-19 in 2020. When the FDA approved the CLINTEST Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test, Siemens Healthineers again tapped RRD for their inbound logistics, test kit labeling, and fulfillment in the U.S.

Joerg Berner, acting head of point of care diagnostics at Siemens Healthineers, says, “It was critical to find a supplemental supply chain and warehouse solution that could help us supply high-quality test kits that would provide accurate COVID-19 results to the U.S. population. RRD’s ability to flex and adapt to changing demand helped address some of these needs.”

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