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.
Material handling
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 8, 2014

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Operational Excellence
A perspective on DQSA, preemption, and pedigree
Now that DQSA is law, any previous investments to meet California pedigree law can be repurposed to meet the new federal law.
January 1, 2014
Dirk Rodgers
Material handling
UPS survey examines healthcare distribution challenges
Survey respondents in the Asia-Pacific region push product security issues ahead of supply chain cost as top ‘Pain in the (Supply) Chain’ concern.
December 31, 2013
UPS: Top supply chain issues, North America.
Operational Excellence
Your Top 10 Healthcare Packaging stories from 2013
Serialization stories dominated the list among Healthcare Packaging online readers, but the top-read story of the year revealed some dirty deeds.
December 19, 2013
Author Katherine Eban’s (shown here) book “Dangerous Doses,” exposed the dark side of America’s pharmaceutical trade. Here, the investigative journalist looked at the epic inside story of long-term criminal fraud at Ranbaxy, the Indian drug company that makes generic Lipitor for millions of Americans.
Operational Excellence
Don't be a 'Dim' wit, know your GAD
In today’s environment of fuel surcharges and offshore manufacturing, it’s important to understand how carriers determine billable weight for shipping charges.
December 13, 2013
Pw 59161 Robert Meisner 2012
Operational Excellence
Pharmapack Europe 2014 focuses on innovation
Feb. 12-13 event, now at the Porte de Versailles, will concentrate on packaging and delivery systems for medications and healthcare products.
December 11, 2013
Pharmapack Europe 2014, will be held Feb. 12-13 at the Porte de Versailles, will concentrate on packaging and delivery systems for medications and healthcare products.
Operational Excellence
H.R. 3204 bill signed into law
Establishes national track-and-trace/serialization system and brings more federal oversight to large-volume compounding pharmacies that custom-mix medications in bulk.
December 4, 2013
President Obama recently signed into law H.R. 3204, which establishes national track-and-trace/serialization system and brings more federal oversight to large-volume compounding pharmacies that custom-mix medications in bulk.
Operational Excellence
Key implications of FSMA for food packaging suppliers
Understanding the impact of FDA's Preventive Controls provision and Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) js key to helping packagers navigate the Food Safety Modernization Act.
November 22, 2013
FSMA’s Preventive Controls and Foreign Supplier Verification provisions are of particular relevance to food packaging suppliers.
Operational Excellence
GS1, UPS hail Senate passage of H.R. 3204
Industry leaders praise bill with enhanced track-and-trace initiatives for the pharmaceutical supply chain.
November 19, 2013
Industry leaders praise Senate passage of H.R. 3204 bill with enhanced track-and-trace initiatives for the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Operational Excellence
Drug Quality and Security Act passes Senate
U.S. Senate passes H.R. 3204 and sends it to President Obama. Bill would preempt all current serialization and pedigree laws, have impact on compounding.
November 18, 2013
U.S. Senate passes H.R. 3204 and sends it to President Obama. Bill would preempt all current serialization and pedigree laws, have impact on compounding.
Operational Excellence
Bottles and boxes and jars, oh my!
Approximately 12 million hazardous-materials packages were shipped in 2012 in the United States, but only 0.001 percent of those were found to be leaking in transportation.
November 7, 2013
Wendy Buckley
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Digital ink jet printing enhances food safety
Grower/packer implements advanced on-film labeling technology to track and trace fresh produce from field to store to kitchen.
October 24, 2013
Each individually bagged product can be scanned for date of harvest and point of origin.
Material handling
Update on serialization and unique device identification regulatory developments
Key regulatory developments could preempt California e-pedigree and provide clarity for manufacturers and packagers of pharmaceuticals, biologics, and medical devices.
October 10, 2013
TRAXSECURE UNALTERED. The TraxSecur™ security feature is printed, without a requirement for any special inks, as a background that looks similar to those seen on security paper, except that it is created as a unique “instance” relating to a single time and place, which inextricably links an individual package to its unique corresponding track-and-trace information; this is Serialized Security™.
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