How to specify your commercial supply chain logistics requirements
By Christopher Engel, Hans-Peter Scherzer
Top tips for procurement
A foreword from Chris Engel, Service Development and Supply Chain Director and Hans-Peter Scherzer, Customer Success Project Manager
A reliable and efficient supply chain is crucial to the success of your specialty pharmaceutical and biotech businesses especially during the launch stage of new drug products. With outsourcing becoming increasingly prevalent in drug development and distribution, finding the right logistics partner is essential not just for your success, but also for ensuring positive outcomes for patients.
That's why our team of commercial supply chain experts have put together this comprehensive checklist to help you specify your commercial supply chain logistics requirements. With these tips, you'll be well on your way to establishing a strong and effective partnership with your logistics provider.
We'll start by helping you understand the importance of being clear about your product's needs and sharing those details with your potential specialty logistics partner. This will make the procurement, tender, request for proposal (RFP), and quotation processes smoother and ensure a more seamless onboarding experience.
Everything you need to know is covered to make your supply chain operations run like clockwork, from volumes and packaging to timeframes, storage, and in-transit tracking. We'll also examine topics like the cold-chain, geographies, markets, working with multiple partners, environmental, social and governance (ESG), sustainability, contingency planning, recall processes, and waste material disposal.
So, whether you're looking to streamline your supply chain operations or just want to optimize your specialty logistics and distribution processes, this guide is the perfect resource for you.
Download now and take the first step toward a successful and collaborative logistics partnership.
- Format
- Storage
- Timeframes
- Volumes and packaging
- Waste material and drug disposal
- Chain of custody (COC)/identity (COI) needs
- In-transit tracking
- Cold chain
- Geographies and markets
- Working with multiple supply chain partners
- Complementing patient solutions and other services
- Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability
- Contingencies and redundancies
- Recall processes and reverse logistics
- Just-in-time (JIT) logistics
- Reporting requirements
- Flexibility in pricing
- Direct-to-Patient (DtP) and home distribution
- Specialty distribution