Monthly Archives: April 2011

Distributors of specialty pharmaceuticals created to help patients suffering from serious diseases such as cancers save the US healthcare industry “billions of dollars” though ultra-efficient supply-chain operations, according to new research.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation predicts that, for its financial year 2011, the benefits it will enjoy from recently implemented supply chain and procurement optimisation programmes will be $50m higher than previously estimated.

Inefficient and protectionist public procurement practices are creating a “significant drag” for the Chinese economy as a whole and leading to substantial missed opportunities for European business in China, it has been claimed.

Carlsberg has announced that, Peter Ernsting will be joining the company as senior vice president, Group Supply Chain, and be a member of Carlsberg’s Executive Committee.

An “epidemic” of food-borne illnesses in the US could be significantly improved by enhancing the traceability of food shipments within the supply chain, experts have advised.