Controls & Machine Components

Adents/Sequence: Scalable Serialization and Aggregation Software

Enables companies to achieve traceability and documentation compliance easily, addressing both current and emerging regulations.

June 17, 2016

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Operational Excellence

FedEx Faces Government Charges

Shipping firm denies charges that it delivered millions of packages containing illegal prescription drugs for Internet pharmacies.

June 16, 2016

Operational Excellence

Goods tracking technologies battle cargo theft

As thieves become more sophisticated, tracking devices that can be stored covertly in packages can help recover stolen products, such as pharmaceuticals.

June 13, 2016

Operational Excellence

FDA takes action against illegal meds

Operation Pangea IX acts against 4,402 websites to combat the unlawful sale and distribution of illegal and potentially counterfeit medical products on the internet.

June 9, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Adents: Serialization Software

Adents, LMN Services and Clarke Engineering Services will help customers comply with the 2017 DSCSA deadline, and increase their safety and security implementation capabilities.

June 3, 2016

Material handling

Forecasting the global biopharmaceutical logistics market

Geographic market shifts, patent expirations, and supply chain challenges represent key factors, says new ResearchAndMarkets report.

June 3, 2016

Operational Excellence

‘Vets to WERC’ campaign aims to help solve labor shortage problem in the supply chain industry

Awareness campaign to align jobs in the supply chain field with the skill sets of military veterans.

May 30, 2016

Material handling

Temperature-Controlled Packaging Demands Out-of-the-Box Thinking

Highly engineered and innovatively designed temperature-controlled packaging is necessary to gain the greatest cost benefit without compromising patient safety.

May 10, 2016

Material handling

UPS Partnership to Explore Drone Delivery of Medications in Rwanda

Global partnership with Zipline and Gavi aims to transform the delivery of humanitarian aid and life-saving vaccines with drones.

May 9, 2016

Operational Excellence

Shelf life extension for produce exports

An exporter of pomegranates that is based in Mumbai, India, is getting improved shelf life since it began using a novel flexible film designed to allow produce to respire at an optimal rate.

April 30, 2016

Material handling

Modest market demand for corrugated in U.S.

E-commerce and retail-ready applications will drive growth for corrugated boxes; folding carton demand to be sustained by the foodservice carryout and pharmaceutical markets.

April 27, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Walmart roils the case-coding waters

Online ink-jet printing of GTIN on cases is a key to late-stage customization that lets CPG companies minimize the cost of corrugated. Now Walmart is banning ink-jet GTIN.

April 26, 2016

Operational Excellence

DOT-SP 8249 Designation Evolves From 'Exempt 'to 'Special Permit'

Examining the protocol for safely shipping hazardous materials mixed with other freight types via standard trucking process that’s used by freight carriers worldwide.

April 22, 2016