Material handling

Smurfit Kappa Wins Best 'Transport and Shelf-Ready Packaging Solution'

NL Packaging Awards 2017 recognizes company for vertical ‘bag-in-box’ package design.

March 28, 2017

Logistics/Supply Chain: Page 20

Material handling

Challenges and Benefits of Using ISTA’s Standard 20 for the Development of ISC’s

Standard 2D Revision 2.0 uses a QbD approach to develop insulated shipping containers (ISCs) to meet regulatory expectations.

March 21, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Walmart's tea leaves

Seems like whenever I say anything about Walmart's requirement that only direct-print flexography be used for putting GTIN (Global Trade Identification Number) on corrugated cases of food, feedback comes flooding in.

March 17, 2017

Material handling

Pharma-Logistics Initiative to Address Supply Chain Issues

Speaking at the 15th IQPC Cold Chain GDP & Temperature Management Logistics Summit in Toronto, TEAM-UP Founder Alan Kennedy stressed the need for the pharma sector to embrace some of the supply chain concepts from other industries.

March 16, 2017

Operational Excellence

Serialization Event for CMOs, CPOs and 3PLs

Two interactive days in Princeton, NJ, aim to assist key pharmaceutical manufacturers, CMOs, CPOs and 3PL’s achieve cost-effective compliance with November DSCSA serialization deadline.

February 28, 2017

Sustainability

Pharmapack Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation

Vial injector, pharma compliance pack, smart packaging and auto-injector for prefilled syringes named best innovations in 2017.

February 24, 2017

Material handling

Surge Expected in Warehouse Robotics Growth

Mobile robots are expected to lead the overall warehouse robotics market between 2017 and 2022, according to a new market research report.

February 22, 2017

Operational Excellence

New Developments in Pharma Packaging and Drug Delivery

Pharmapack Europe trends include ‘human factor’ principles, with individualized packaging and serialization as integral future solutions.

February 16, 2017

Operational Excellence

Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative workgroups evolve

Focus is on implementation and operational efficiencies; success of standards adoption, basic education work gives way to next phase.

February 7, 2017

Material handling

Serialization Remains a Disruptive, Expensive Initiative

The future role of the pharmacy, package design and new EU regulations all challenge the pharmaceutical industry as it addresses serialization and track and trace.

February 7, 2017

Operational Excellence

Cold chain market worth $271.30 billion by 2022

Technological advancements in refrigerated storage and transport, consumer demand for perishable foods driving market.

January 31, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Five Cold Chain Trends Shaping 2017

Heading into 2016, lifescience cold chain trends to watch included passive vs active bulk shippers and the growth of biologics and biosimilars and the patent cliff. Some of these trends will continue into 2017, but here are five additional trends shaping the lifescience cold chain.

January 19, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Walmart and case coding—an update

When last we left our Walmart friends, they’d summarily issued several requirements regarding which methods of printing would be deemed acceptable where GTIN on cases of food is concerned.

January 17, 2017