Supply Chain News

Survey: Shoppers have rising standards for e-commerce delivery
March 22, 2017
One-third of consumers will abandon a retailer for shipping a single wrong item. Shoppers are holding online retailers to heightened expectations for swift and error-free delivery during the 2016 holiday shopping season, a survey shows. More than one-third of consumers—35.4 percent—will abandon a retailer for Full Article

Serialization: The Final Countdown
March 8, 2017
Many pharmaceutical manufacturers were late in involving contract partners in serialization efforts. Are you ready, and are you working with the right partner? With growing concern surrounding the integrity of the pharmaceutical supply chain, more than 55 countries have chosen to implement serialization and track-and-trace Full Article

Measuring Value of the Supply Chain Executive Education
February 14, 2017
Executive-level supply chain positions have gained both prominence and importance for today's global companies. To support this trend, universities and colleges have enhanced their supply chain and logistics degree programs; organizations like APICS and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) have expanded their certification programs; Full Article

A Conversation with Mark Sell, MD Logistics
February 7, 2017
In an earlier era in the US pharma industry, "supply chain" and "logistics" were an afterthought. Pharma companies maintained large warehouses; stocked lots of product; and basically pushed product out wherever it needed to be, ensuring that a prescription would always be filled whenever the Full Article

Hoosier Company Expanding Pharmaceutical Distribution in Hendricks County
January 31, 2017
PLAINFIELD, Ind. - MD Logistics, a third-party logistics firm, announced plans today to expand its Indiana operations, creating us to 50 new jobs in 2017. "To take our state's economy to the next level, we need companies not just to locate in Indiana - but Full Article