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In 2020, the health crisis highlighted a number of weaknesses in the pharmaceutical sector's supply chain. In order to maintain their agility and competitiveness, players in this industry are forced to find solutions to optimize the entire supply chain.
Pharmaceutical logistics: needs focused on security
Storage and transportation conditions
Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products require specific storage and transport conditions to guarantee their effectiveness and safety . Some products must be stored at controlled temperatures, requiring a rigorous cold chain. Others are sensitive to light or humidity and must be protected accordingly. Added to this is also the management of products with a short expiry date in order to avoid any loss.
Strict regulations
The pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry is governed by strict regulations, such as Good Distribution Practices (GDP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Whether local or international, these standards impose high standards of quality, safety and traceability, to ensure that products are handled and distributed in the best conditions.
Pharmaceutical logistics: what are the challenges?
The pharmaceutical and cosmetics sector is a particularly changing environment. In a world where health issues are paramount, pharmaceutical logistics must respond to the challenges of the manufacturing and supply chain.
Inventory management
For the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry, inventory management is a major challenge. Indeed, the whole challenge lies in preventing stock shortages in order to avoid any impact on patients, while optimizing stock levels in order to minimize storage costs. Inventory management tools must be accurate and responsive to respond to fluctuations in demand and production constraints.
Traceability and security
The traceability of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products is mandatory in order to guarantee their safety. The audit trail is therefore essential in order to control this traceability and establish withdrawal plans. In this area, advanced solutions make it possible to track each batch of drugs from production to final delivery, all while ensuring total transparency. Thus, the fight against counterfeits is ensured, guaranteeing authentic and safe products for patients.
The role of WMS in pharmaceutical logistics
The Warehouse Management System (WMS) is the essential tool to ensure efficient and precise management of logistics operations. When it comes to pharmaceutical logistics, a WMS offers many advantages. In fact, it improves product traceability by recording all stages in the logistics chain. It also helps optimize storage and order preparation , reducing human errors (up to 99%) and increasing operational efficiency. Finally, a WMS makes it possible to better manage stocks by avoiding shortages, while increasing the storage capacity of a warehouse by up to 35%.
Why use EGO WMS?
Developed by logisticians for logisticians, our inventory management solution, the EGO WMS , benefits from more than 35 years of developments and adaptations. Our WMS EGO software allows, among other things:
- Complete digitalization of processes,
- A response to BPD, BPF, GAMP, CFR21Part11, EGO constraints validated in its different versions,
- Dedicated and precise monitoring of batches in the pharmaceutical sense,
- Complete management of withdrawal plans,
- Management of batch files during manufacturing as well as complete management of quality monitoring and management,
- Integration of a DMS across all processes.
The EGO WMS also offers you the possibility of granting rights to users according to their function (pharmacists, logisticians, etc.). Furthermore, in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry, we are able to work with laboratories, distributors and depositaries.
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