Sustainable Packaging

Grant issued to study sheep's wool for packaging and shipping vaccines

To combat growing vaccine waste, a U.K. government initiative reportedly will back R&D of sheep's wool packaging for pharmaceuticals.

March 19, 2012

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Operational Excellence

Sanofi-Aventis speaker addresses the pros and cons of serialization methods

Product integrity, authentication, and identification are three key principles in an efficient anti-counterfeiting strategy.

March 2, 2012

Operational Excellence

Beyond the cold chain: Tips for protecting CRT healthcare products

A supply chain topic high on the priority list of many healthcare manufacturers today is the fast-growing area of cold chain transportation. With the exponential growth of temperature-sensitive biologics and high-value vaccines, ensuring protection of cold chain products is vital.

February 19, 2012

Material handling

Time/temperature-monitoring system for fresh-cut fruit

Blue Skies employs RFID technology for shipments of fresh-cut fruit from African fields to U.K. tables.

January 9, 2012

Operational Excellence

Track-and-trace supplier expands offerings

Nutec Systems discusses the future needs of track-and-trace and offerings such as vision, printing, and product-handling systems.

October 30, 2011

Operational Excellence

Cold chain courier services for healthcare manufacturers

Online searching can help find a courier to meet temperature and regulatory challenges.

October 26, 2011

Operational Excellence

Cold Chain Forum takes global, holistic perspective

Among the event’s highlights is a new U.S. Pharmaceopeia 1083 guidance chapter aimed at pharmaceutical counterfeiting in the supply chain.

September 29, 2011

Operational Excellence

Tips for improving manufacturing productivity

Productivity in manufacturing is about performing within or improving upon the budgetary boundaries that have been established for an operation. Productivity will depend upon the efficient use of labor, energy, and material and is thus affected by all of the terms in the OEE equation.

August 31, 2011

Operational Excellence

Track and trace for pharma

VIDEO FROM INTERPACK. Pharma carton system from Travtec is designed to meet track-and-trace requirements now emerging from various regulatory agencies around the world.

June 24, 2011

Operational Excellence

FDA workshop talks Turkey about item-level pharmaceutical packaging

Turkey and France are out in front requiring serialization of drug packages, while the U.S. is in a catch-up position.

June 9, 2011

Operational Excellence

Video: Serialization video from Interphex New York

IMprints track-and-trace serialization includes printing and vision systems to develop a parent-child relationship between primary and secondary packaging, as explained in this video by Jim Kerper, Videojet's brand protection solutions account manager.

April 4, 2011

Material handling

FDA's track-and-trace workshop talks Turkey about item-level pharmaceutical packaging

The packaging executives gathered at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration track-and-trace workshop in mid-February didn't mean the bird when they talked Turkey between sessions at the FDA White Oak Complex in Silver Spring, MD.

March 16, 2011

Operational Excellence

Consumer packaged goods and cross-docking

Supply chains are increasingly utilizing cross-docking, and packaging has an important role to play.

December 14, 2010