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The Friday Report: August 9th, 2019
Autonomous Trucks Carry Human Drivers in First Step Towards Fully Autonomous Trucking Texas-based startup, Kodiak Robotics has started hauling freight commercially using autonomous trucks. Focused on “the middle mile”, the movement of freight from the on-ramp to the...
The Friday Report: August 2nd, 2019
New Plan for Safely Importing Foreign Drug Products Under Consideration The United States Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA announced the publication of a “safe importation action plan” on Wednesday, enabling specific medications that were originally...
3PL Pharma Services Boom with the Expansion of Specialty Pharmaceuticals
Over the past decade or so, the pharmaceutical industry has changed dramatically. As costs have risen, pharmaceutical manufacturers have scaled back operations and outsourced manufacturing, drug development, research, testing and laboratory functions as well as the...
The Friday Report: July 26th, 2019
UPS Announces 7-Day a Week Delivery Two months after FedEx announced that it was moving to a 7-day a week delivery schedule, UPS made a similar pronouncement. As of January 1, 2020, UPS will be delivering packages 7 days a week and has arranged for its subsidiary,...
5 Tips for Enhancing E-Commerce Fulfillment Capabilities
For many people, the term “e-commerce fulfillment” may bring thoughts of Amazon Prime or Amazon FBA. Online shopping, whether ordering from a vendor that specializes in drop shipping from Hong Kong or a 3PL fulfilling subscription boxes from a warehouse in Newark, is...
The Friday Report: July 19th, 2019
Uptick in Data Breaches: Manufacturers Brave Cybersecurity Threats According to the 2019 Manufacturing and Distribution Report, half of the companies surveyed reported that they had experienced a cyberattack or data breach within the past twelve months, with 11...
Pharma Serialization, Aggregation and DSCSA
Why Has Serialization Become Necessary in the Pharma/Life Sciences Industry? Helps to eradicate counterfeit prescription drugs and protect consumers Serialization increases the efficiency of the pharma supply chain Improves inventory visibility Enables collection of...
The Friday Report: July 12th, 2019
Bed Bath & Beyond in Free Fall The pressures of modern retailing have taken their toll on major retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. The industry giant reported that sales decreased 6.6% during the last quarter at stores open at least one year. Q1 2019 also saw...
The Friday Report: July 3rd, 2019
U.S. Trade War Travels to India Following the June 1st decision by President Trump to end trade concessions on $5.7 billion of goods shipped by India to the United States, India announced imposition of higher customs duties. The goods included leather products,...
The Friday Report: June 28th, 2019
Apple and Nintendo Prep to Shift Production Out of China In preparation for the upcoming potential fourth round of Chinese tariffs, both Apple and Nintendo announced plans to move some production out of China to Southeast Asia. The pending round of tariffs may...