SupplyChain Magazine November 2015 | Page 69

EUROPE very demanding customer when it comes to temperature controlled solutions and other aspects of the supply chain that are critical in providing , safe , reliable transport of our medicines to our customers and their patients around the world . We have collaborated with leading manufacturers for some time now and in some cases pushed them towards better and smarter solutions .”
“ For a year we have been piloting new technology on temperature monitoring devices , currently a very promising real time data logger solution now using GPRS technology . Our aspiration is to be the first major pharmaceutical company able to deploy this technology on all our vital and / or sensitive shipments globally .”
“ The real time data loggers can tell at any given time the cargo ’ s condition , so for example , it can transmit data relating to the rise and fall of temperature critical for some medicines and allows my team and my customer within the 60 markets we serve to know precisely where cargo is from stock to customer and proactively act on incoming risks .”
“ Being able to mitigate temperature excursion will add massive cost advantage to our supply chain in the upcoming years as it drives out a lot of operational waste for our quality and supply chain teams , while it adds greatly to product safety . It is also extremely effective in diversion and theft control .”
“ Allergan has been working with Icelandic industry leading specialist on temperature monitoring devices ,
Allergan is piloting new technology

$ 28bn

Revenue generated by Allergan in 2015

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