Operational Excellence

Global Forum points to a healthcare ‘revolution’

As big data/information technology and medication therapies advance and intersect, how will packaging keep up?

October 10, 2017

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Operational Excellence

Weighing the impact of self-driving vehicles on logistics

While the debate over the pros and cons of self-driving trucks expands, regulations are likely to play a key role in their potential future use.

September 21, 2017

Operational Excellence

First Person: E-commerce lifescience package transportation and testing considerations

Michael Kuebler, Technical Director, Smithers Pira North America, discusses trends and package considerations for life science products transported via e-commerce.

September 14, 2017

Operational Excellence

Mobile pharmacies help deliver life-saving meds

How do patients cope when hurricanes such as Harvey and Irma close pharmacies and potentially eliminate access to life-saving medicines?

September 8, 2017

Operational Excellence

Refrigerators maintain medication temperatures at UNC Health Care

Medical-grade refrigerators provide quiet operation and energy efficiency in storing temperature-sensitive medications within UNC’s 10-facility, 3,400-bed healthcare system.

August 17, 2017

Operational Excellence

Serialization implementation improves Par Pharma’s efficiency

Par Pharmaceuticals benefits by employing analytics-based OEE tracking system that digitizes formerly manual data collection processes on multiple packaging lines.

August 3, 2017

Operational Excellence

Temperature issues affect clinical trials packaging

Dan Bell, Marken’s Vice President of Quality, Compliance and Technical Affairs, discusses pharmaceutical and biological clinical trials packaging issues.

July 26, 2017

Material handling

Microtags provide on-product supply chain authentication

TruTag Wins 2017 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for edible microtags that can be used directly on pharmaceuticals.

July 13, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Level 4 serialization system offers a transformative promise

A Level 4 system has the potential to usher in a new era of supply chain efficiency, transparency and compliance.

July 11, 2017

Operational Excellence

FDA issues one-year delay in DSCSA product identifier enforcement

DSCSA law does not change, but enforcement is pushed back to Nov. 26, 2018, says agency in June 30 draft guidance.

July 5, 2017

Material handling

Global control preferences color new serialization/aggregation lines

MGS focuses on small-footprint machinery that interconnects to other equipment on pharmaceutical lines and allows a single point of functionality.

June 27, 2017

Material handling

Apace accelerates track-and-trace operations

New solid-dose bottling line increases capacity, reduces labor costs and achieves Level 4 serialization and Level 3 aggregation.

June 13, 2017

Operational Excellence

Delivering the ‘gift’ of organ transplants

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates partners with UPS to ensure donated tissues or organs reach their destinations on time and undamaged.

May 30, 2017