Logistics

Increasing Complexity of Pharma Logistics

The pharmaceutical industry requires reliable and innovative partners who can flexibly adapt to its changing demands.

Supply Chain and Logistics Trends in the Chemical Industry

This interview covers key results of the study ‘Success Factor Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the Chemical Industry 2024’ by Solventure, Aimms and Miebach.

Influence the Chemical Future

Be part of the initiative Success Factor Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the Chemical Industry!

Navigating the Logistics Impact

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) present a revolutionary approach to the pharmaceutical industry. However, several complexities do arise on a logistical spectrum that diverge from those of traditional pharmaceuticals.

High Dynamics in the Supply Chain

Interview with Markus Mau, President of the ELA, about developments for the logistics sector.

Digital Twin Meets General Cargo Logistics

The logistics industry urgently needs digital transformation to ensure quality and to tackle challenges such as the shortage of skilled workers and sustainability.

Aramco and DHL Plan Saudi Logistics Hub

Saudi Aramco and DHL Supply Chain have signed an agreement to set up a new procurement and logistics hub in Saudi Arabia. The facility would be the first in the region to cater to customers in the industrial, energy, chemical and petrochemical sectors.

Strategic Planning in Transport Management

Implementing the capability for tactical and strategic planning enables companies to build a smoother and more resilient supply chain.

Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

On Jan. 1, 2023, the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (“LkSG”) came into force in Germany.

Centrally Controlled Logistics for Covid-19 Vaccines

Examples of national logistics solutions in the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium show how high availability and low costs can be brought down to a common denominator.

Green Hydrogen Is the Way out of the Energy Crisis

Green hydrogen is experiencing an enormous upswing in the current energy crisis. The increased demand will be difficult to meet on a local level. So, right on time, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges is preparing to bring large quantities of the climate-friendly energy carrier from non-European countries to Western Europe.

Successful Large-Scale SCE Projects

Large-scale projects in pharmaceutical logistics are complex, long-term and investment-intensive projects that can only be successfully implemented with an assertive and goal-oriented large-scale project organization structure.

Solving the Riddle of Supply Chain Visibility

Supply chain visibility (SCV) seems to be on everyone’s agenda right now. However, when talking to companies, it quickly becomes clear that everyone has a different picture of visibility. Basically, visibility is about knowing more than you knew before, and this is what most companies still agree on.

How to Make Supply Chains Resilient

When the pandemic was pounding at their doors, many industries were rattled. Healthcare and chemicals were adapting rather successfully to the new normal, as a McKinsey & Company survey reveals.

GEFO invests €400 million

The shipping company Gefo is building a range of new specialized tankers at shipyards in China, Turkey, Romania and the Netherlands.

Port of Antwerp Brings Global Chemistry Together

Antwerp is the home port of the largest integrated chemical cluster in Europe. It is the place for entering into partnerships throughout the chain and even across sectors.

Jointly mastering logistical challenges

Lubricants for automotive, mechanical engineering, aviation and various other industries: This is the business model of Fuchs Schmierstoffe from Mannheim.

Maersk in Saudi Logistics Partnership

Maersk Saudi Arabia, part of Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk, has entered into a strategic partnership with King Abdullah Port to provide services for the Kingdom’s petrochemical exporters. The partners will set up the Maersk Integrated Logistics Hub, a non-bonded warehouse for handling and storing cargoes.

Pharma Logistics: A Global Perspective

Over the past few years, Camelot has been monitoring pharma distribution in different regions of the world.

Tune Your Warehouse

The changes in customer needs and market requirements have not only been changing because of the pandemic influences within the last year, but traditional business models were quickly considered outdated in the current environment.

Container with New Perspectives

Originally engineered for the transport of chocolate, tank contain­ers with agitators have discovered a wide range of uses.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Chemical Industry

Besides digitalization, sustainability and the circular economy are the key issues facing the chemical industry at present and in the com­ing decades.

H.Essers: Negotiations for Acquisition of the Chemical Logistics Activities of the Dutch Meeus Group

Logistics service provider H.Essers, currently active in 19 countries from 77 locations, is in advanced negotiations for the acquisition of the logistics and transport activities of the Dutch Meeus Group.

“Vive la chimie” - the French Challenge in Chemical Logistics

France has a long, grand history in chemistry.

Flexibility and Safety in the Chemical Industry

Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) are genuine transport and storage all-rounders with a variety of different uses in many different industries.

Predictive Logistics Era is Happening Right Now

Change is happening this very minute in the logistics industry. Why? Quite simply, because shippers are under enormous pressure from their customers to provide accurate real-time visibility data on shipments from pick-up to delivery.

High Level Chemical Logistics

As an independent system of uniform third party assessments, SQAS — Safety and Quality Assessment System —was initiated to evaluate the performance of logistics service providers and chemical distributors.

Pharmaceutical Logistics in North America

The Risk of Dependency in Pharma Supply Chains

Turkish Cargo: Additional Cargo Flights with Turkish Airlines’ Passenger Aircrafts

Swiss WorldCargo: Charter Flights to Support Global Supply Chains Launched

Emirates Skycargo: Pharmaceutical Cargo Handling Fit for 2020

Industriepark Höchst Combines Tradition and Future

Emirates Skycargo: Strengthening of pharma corridors initiative

Pharma & Life Sciences: International survey about Supply Chain Management 2020

Miebach Consulting has launched an international survey in order to evaluate the most relevant challenges and trends for supply chain organizations within the pharma & life sciences industry.