Meeting the demands of the Healthcare Industry
Healthcare
The healthcare industry is unlike any other
Today, healthcare companies are faced with some of the most severe regulatory and legal issues in business. Add to that the special transportation requirements — clean and temperature-controlled environments, management of hazardous materials, or returns management programs. The spotlight, it seems, is squarely on logistics — both in how to keep products safe while in the pipeline and how to add cost savings to thin bottom lines.
When you work with a supply chain and transportation provider/partner in the healthcare industry you want one that understands these issues, is ahead of change, and can act quickly to meet the exacting standards of your consumers, government regulators, clinics, hospitals, wholesalers and distributors. It’s our top priority to help you meet these critical demands.
At DB Schenker, we break the healthcare industry into four segments, each demanding distinct customized solutions:
--Diagnostics and Reagents
--Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical
--Device Manufacturers
--Diagnostic Machine Manufacturers.
Some of our capabilities around the world include:
- DB SCHENKERsky offers a wide range of products that guarantee time-definite arrival to major markets worldwide
- DB SCHENKERjet express transports time-critical, express shipments door-to-door by scheduled connections to more than 120,000 destinations in 220 countries
- DB SCHENKERjetcargo fresh, is a solution designed for the specific requirements of perishables
- DB SCHENKERocean, offering intermodal services for time-definite, door-to-door delivery to and from any point on the globe
- Customs Brokerage, providing cost efficient and consistent clearance solutions
Within North America
- DB SCHENKERguaranteed and DB SCHENKERstandard services for delivery overnight and second day, door-to-door to thousands of cities in North America
- DB SCHENKERguaranteed saver, a more cost effective service for time-definite guaranteed delivery generally within 1-4 business days throughout the contiguous U.S. and transborder Canada
- DB SCHENKEReconomy, an even more cost effective service delivering shipments within 5 business days throughout the contiguous U.S
- DB SCHENKERnext flight available, the fastest possible delivery utilizing thousands of available commercial
Our Cold Chain Solutions:
- Global and regional competence
- Use of monitoring devices for temperature control
- Temperature-controlled storage (pre and post)
- Temperature-controlled trucks
- Information Management
- Re-icing in transit
- Dedicated Customer Service
- Visibility to Technical Requirement 39
Our Supply Chain Management Solutions:
- Inventory Management
- Inside Deliveries and Pickup (DB SCHENKERwhite glove)
- Reverse Logistics (RMA)
- Order Fulfillment
| 05/12/2009 | 
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