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Amazon and the Transition to Patient-Centric Healthcare
What Does “Patient Centric” Mean? Simply put, the term refers to the effort to put the patient in the center of efforts to safeguard, enhance and improve health. It means that the patient is put first in a manner that provides transparency and continual engagement in...
The Friday Report: August 23rd, 2019
China Announces Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods Today, China revealed plans for imposing tariffs against $75 billion in U.S. goods, further escalating the trade war. According to China’s Commerce Ministry, an official explained that an additional 5% or 10% in...
Global Trade: Popular U.S. Tariff Mitigation Strategies
Watching the world news over the past two years, there seems to be a noticeable amount of upheaval and uncertainty in global trade. From the Middle East to Hong Kong, Latin America and the European Union, countries are struggling for equilibrium, challenging each...
The Friday Report: August 16th, 2019
Advance Auto Parts Turns to Supplier Collaboration and Price Hikes to Mitigate Tariffs In preparation for the imposition of the list 3 tariffs covering $200 billion in Chinese exports, Advance Auto Parts has elected to collaborate with its suppliers to utilize on-hand...
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...