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Drugmakers Face Puerto Rico Factory Challenges with Shattered Infrastructure

Material Handling & Logistics

Drugmakers rode out Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, but keeping plants running while the devastated island picks up the pieces is likely to be tougher. The industry accounts for roughly a quarter of the island’s gross domestic product, with more than 70 medical-device manufacturing operations and 49 U.S. Boston Scientific Inc.,

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The Biggest Supply Chain Blunders of 2017

AFFLINK

Puerto Rico Aid. One of the year's most devastating failures in supply chain planning happened in Puerto Rico after catastrophic Hurricane Maria. The biggest impediment to Puerto Rico's supply chain was a lack of available diesel fuel. Or, are you following ethical sourcing and manufacturing methods?

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Types of Risks Impacting Supply Chains in 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

For example, an analysis carried out by AIR on the potential impact of Hurricane Harvey on regional manufacturing found that, based on percentage of the total potential revenue loss, the top three subsectors are petroleum and coal products manufacturing (37%), chemical manufacturing (13%), and oil and gas extraction (12%).

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Capacity Crunch Factors: What Causes a Capacity Crunch?

GlobalTranz

Unbelievably, the capacity crunch is back the shipping headlines. Now, the shipping and transportation industry faces unprecedented capacity problems, and the upcoming ELD implementation deadline will exacerbate the issue. In April 2017, William B. Capacity Crunch Factors Include Increased Deadhead. Gross of JOC.

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Hurricane Harvey & Irma's Threat on the Product Economy

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In Puerto Rico, more than a million people were left without power and 50,000 without water. Expected Long-term effects: Critical part of US manufacturing supply chain is currently at a stand-still. Petrochemical plants that make the products and the rail companies that ship them are still restoring service after Harvey.

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Patient-centric networks at the heart of pharmaceutical supply chain management: Lessons from LogiPharma Europe 2018

Kinaxis

Given that the cells involved are living, they have very short lifespans and must be shipped in tightly managed, cryogenic conditions in a timely manner. To highlight his point, Thornley shared this example: The API was manufactured in China, granulation was performed in Puerto Rico, and then packaging was performed in Netherlands.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

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Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, drug manufacturing plants were faced with production delays, fueling nationwide shortages of basic medicines. West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes. Case Studies. Hurricane Maria Disrupts the Pharma Industry.