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6 Tips for Reducing 3PL Warehouse & Logistics Operational Cost
Companies across the supply chain industry continue to focus on cost savings. Keeping supply chain logistics and warehouse operating costs under control is essential to ensure that third party logistics providers, warehouse and DC operators can remain competitive in...
The Friday Report: October 5th, 2018
Drug Manufacturers Try to Broker a Compromise on Costly Medicare “Donut Hole” Spending Bill Earlier this year, Congress voted to shift billions of dollars in Medicare drug costs away from senior citizens and back to pharmaceutical companies. In February 2018, a...
Consumers Crave Fast, Affordable Meal Kit Fulfillment
Nearly five years ago, meal kit companies appeared to be market disruptors launched with the potential of changing how Americans ate, a threat to the $650 billion U.S. grocery industry. Initially meal kit delivery companies had a simplified formula for success by...
The Friday Report: September 27th, 2018
Freight Frenzy Sparked by $200 Billion in New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese ImportsRecent talk of more tariffs fueled a frenzy to ship freight from China before the tariffs could take effect. From sea to sky, the U.S.-China trade wars have resulted in surging demand for...
Pharmaceutical & Health Care Supply Chain Vertical Integration
Consolidation and Vertical Integration in the Health Value Chain is Disrupting the Pharmaceutical and Health Care Industries In terms of future personal finance and health, year after year, when asked, the major concerns of American consumers include Social Security,...
5 Factors Impacting Pharmaceutical Healthcare Industry Transformation
Every year, health care and prescription drug pricing are among the major issues and top stories of the day. From Facebook posts to articles in print issues of national magazines, the issue of affordable healthcare is one that interests and concerns consumers. The...
The Friday Report: September 21st, 2018
Puerto Rico’s Pharmaceutical Industry Reacts to Impact of Hurricane Maria Before Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico had a thriving pharmaceutical industry. That was then, and this is now. Before the hurricane devastated the island, Amgen had their largest manufacturing...
The Friday Report: September 13th, 2018
Hospital Health Care Consortium Launches Its Own Drug Company Sick of shortages of critical medications and increased costs on longstanding drug products, a group of American hospitals has launched a not-for-profit pharmaceutical company, Civica RX to gain some...
Pharmaceutical Repackagers: The Basics
Today, more than ever before, it is easier for consumers to reach for their computer, Smartphone or tablet before making purchasing decisions. Consumers can (and do) conduct research online to learn about such issues as what is driving up the cost of health...
The Friday Report: September 7th, 2018
Pfizer Reports Brexit Will Cost $100 Million for UK Breakup With Brexit looming, the breakup with the EU threatens to decrease transit speed of goods across borders and possibly duplicate regulatory efforts. Pfizer reported that costs for dealing with Brexit are...