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Managing Risk in the Biopharma Supply Chain

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The Importance of UDI to the Healthcare Supply Chain

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MeadWestvaco Launches New Packaging Security Device

MeadWestvaco Corp. has created Intercept, a packaging security tool that was designed to protect products against theft throughout the supply chain.

How Pfizer Keeps Tabs on Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Tablets

Investigating dealers of counterfeit drugs is similar to investigating drug cartels, Pfizer has found. It's easy for detectives to jump out and catch the guys selling pills on the corner. It's much harder to catch the kingpins. There's one big difference, though. With cocaine, say, the whole supply chain"”from farming to retailing"”tends to be run by one cartel. With fake pharmaceuticals, the marketplace is open and alliances are constantly shifting. To get to the source, detectives typically start with small-time retailers and work their way up the supply chain.

Will Plans to Expand Dreamliner Production Take a Nosedive?

Until smoldering batteries forced safety regulators to ground Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner jets last week, the aircraft manufacturer was flying high, with soaring profits and a recently regained No. 1 ranking in jet deliveries over Airbus.

The State of the Healthcare Supply Chain

Eric O'Daffer, research director with Gartner, joins us for an update on the major issues affecting the healthcare supply chain, including the potential impact of healthcare reform.

Oracle Releases New Versions of Transport, Trade-Management Apps

Oracle Corp. has released version 6.3 of two applications, Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management.

Without an Agile Supply Chain, Being First to Market May Not Guarantee Success

The first to arrive in a market is often the one who ends up owning the dominating market share. But simply recognizing a trend is too little, too late. There will already be a line of other manufacturers who have the new customized product, flexible supply chain and tailored pricing structure in place.

With All Its Benefits, Cloud Computing Does Not Come Without Risks

The use of highly scaled, shared, and automated IT platforms"”known as cloud computing"”is growing rapidly. Adopters are driven by the prospects of increasing agility and gaining access to more computing resources for less money. Large institutions are building and managing private-cloud environments internally (and, in some cases, procuring access to external public clouds) for basic infrastructure services, development platforms, and whole applications. Smaller businesses are primarily buying public-cloud offerings, as they generally lack the scale to set up their own clouds. But as attractive as cloud environments can be, they also come with new types of risks.

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GT Nexus to Merge With TradeCard, Form Single Cloud Tech Platform

GT Nexus Inc. and TradeCard Inc. have announced a merger agreement that will create a single cloud-technology platform for global trade and supply-chain management.

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File-Sharing Tools May Be Security Threat to Your Company

Consumer-oriented collaboration and file-sharing tools that have gained popularity as the workforce becomes increasingly mobile are customarily cheap, even free, for employees to use. But they could be costing businesses plenty, a recent study suggests.

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Report Outlines Business Continuity Programs that Go Beyond the Disastrous First 48 Hours

Plans that detail a business's initial emergency response provide a road map for keeping operations running through a crisis and ready a business for the return to full operational effectiveness in the weeks that follow a disruption. These forward-thinking solutions are critical components to effective business continuity programs, according to a new PwC US paper entitled, "Beyond the first 48 hours: Can your business continuity plan go the distance?"

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