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Nobody Thinks About Cargo Insurance. Until A Million Dollars Goes Up in Smoke.

Challenge: The Operations VP of an oil and pipeline construction company recently admitted there was a time when he wondered if his company's cargo insurance policy was worth it. The company sources goods from around the world, moves cargo by multiple modes and runs a supply chain through some of the world's most high-risk countries. Thanks to meticulous packing and some good luck, they'd had very few supply chain incidents over 11 years. Until one summer. That June, a truckload of welding equipment heading to Moscow caught fire. The $809,000 shipment was a total loss. One month later, a cargo ship carrying two of the company's containers, worth $150,000, caught fire. Those containers were also a total loss.

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Suzuken Group Deploys RFID-Enabled Coolers for Drug Tracking

Japanese healthcare and pharmaceuticals company Suzuken Group is deploying an RFID-based solution from AmerisourceBergen to manage the locations and statuses of medications at clinics, hospitals and retail locations, as well as in transportation vehicles. The system employs the RFID-based drug-management solution known as Cubixx, supplied by AmerisourceBergen's specialty pharmaceutical distributor division, ASD Healthcare.

Healthcare Supply Chain Redesign and Waging War on Chronic Disease

During the week of inauguration I was in Washington. A steady breeze blew on a warm winter day. Flags were flying. It was beautifully prepped and there was a lump in my throat. Even though I did not attend the ceremony in person, I felt the excitement of the inauguration. I whistled and walked with a spring in my step. I am proud to live in a country where power transitions are peaceful. As a political junkie, I anxiously watch the events unfold in the Trump administration. One of the top debates is healthcare. Here I offer a supply chain view.

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3 Ways to Boost Healthcare Supply Chain Savings and Efficiencies

The Affordable Care Act has had a massive effect on the US healthcare industry. Consumers want their healthcare insurers to stem increases in premiums, deductibles, and co-pays. And these demands, along with increased enrollment, additional regulatory compliance, and tighter operating budgets have all added to the pressure on healthcare supply chain executives to improve efficiencies.

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DynaLogger Provides UHF RFID Temperature and Moisture Tracking

Dynamox, a technology company in Florianopolis, Brazil, is marketing a new ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID-enabled data logger that serves as a low-cost option for tracking goods in a cold supply chain using RFID sensors.

Gartner: Supply Chain Is Changing Healthcare for the Better

Healthcare is a unique value chain. Its demand arises not from want, but from need. Orders come not from the customer (patient) but from an intermediary (a doctor). And willingness to pay is often infinite. How can the supply chain principles that drive CPG and hi-tech work here?

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Feds: McKesson Agrees To Pay $150M In Pill Shipment Case

A major California-based drug wholesaler has agreed to pay $150m to settle allegations that it failed to detect and report pharmacies' suspicious orders of prescription pain pills, federal prosecutors said last week.

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AI Adoption Linked To Faster Revenue Growth, Research Shows

Organizations who reported faster growth in revenue over the past three years were also more likely to be further ahead in using artificial intelligence, according to new research by IT consulting company Infosys.

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Trump's Next Supply Chain Target Is Big Pharma

In his press conference last week, Donald Trump launched an attack on the pharmaceutical industry. He called for their manufacturing facilities to return to U.S. production.

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American Airlines Cargo To Begin Daily Widebody Service

Starting April 4, 2017, American Airlines will begin daily, nonstop widebody service between San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín Airport (SJU) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), home of American Airlines Cargo's 25,000-square-foot pharmaceutical facility, the airline announced. The daily Airbus A330-200 widebody route will be in addition to the current two daily narrow-body flights.

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SATO Launches New Group Companies In The Philippines

SATO, a global provider of Auto-ID tools, has announced it will launch two new group companies in the Philippines. By establishing SATO Philippines AIDC Solutions Inc. and SATO Philippines Auto-ID SP Inc., the SATO Group says it seeks to better serve customers in the country.

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