UPS Undergoes Major Healthcare Facility Enhancements to Meet Growing Service Demands
28 Octobre 2019 - 2:00PM
- More than 1M sq. ft. of facility space added in strategic
markets across U.S.
- France, Germany operations receive notable EU GDP
certification
- Enhancements support direct-to-patient shipping, storage,
distribution and temperature controls of critical goods
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced major upgrades to its
healthcare-dedicated warehouse and distribution network. This
includes adding 1.3 million sq. ft. of total distribution space in
key U.S. markets. In addition, UPS received European Union’s Good
Distribution Practice (GDP) compliance certification for its
healthcare operations in France and Germany.
Altogether, U.S. healthcare warehouse and distribution space
will total 4 million sq. ft. by 2020. Among the largest upgrades
include a new 450,000 square-foot facility near the healthcare
campus by UPS’s Worldport® air hub in Louisville. A new center in
Harrisburg, PA, will measure 315,000 sq. ft. and strategically
located near UPS’s local transportation hub that has the capability
of reaching key Northeast markets in one day. The center is also
near UPS’s Swedesboro, N.J., healthcare operations. This Swedesboro
facility, opened in 2015, is the first in the UPS network to offer
medical device services such as autoclave capabilities,
decontamination and replenishment of surgical kits, and instrument
inspection, among other services.
“UPS offers top-notch healthcare supply chain services that can
meet specialized customer needs,” said Darren Cockrel, UPS
president of global logistics. “By increasing warehouse and
distribution space and optimizing multi-client facilities, our
customers have greater opportunity to reduce supply chain costs,
and get their shipments to the right places globally at the right
time and in full regulatory compliance.”
Key features in the new facilities include climate controls and
validated coolers and freezers for customer products requiring
strict temperature environments. Secured, special-access cages and
vaults help protect high-value specialty pharmaceuticals. The
upgrades meet international guidelines - including cGMP, cGDP, and
PDMA regulatory mandates - and maintain applicable government
accreditations and licenses. Adherence helps maintain quality
assurance to reduce risk and ensure compliance across various
geographies.
Other cities with expanded healthcare warehouse space will
include: Atlanta, GA; Columbus, OH; Reno, NV; and Tracy, CA.
“We align our healthcare distribution network to deliver a
broader 1-2 day coverage, giving customers transit time benefits
and later pickups they need to provide competitive advantage, said
Dan Gagnon, UPS vice president of global healthcare and life
science strategy.
To further enhance its healthcare distribution network, UPS
recently received EU Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification
for pharmaceutical shipping in France and Germany. The European
Union’s stringent healthcare-product distribution guidelines are
set by the European Medicines Agency, describing the conditions
that a wholesale distributor must meet to ensure the quality and
integrity of medicines throughout the supply chain.
This GDP certification validates the France and Germany networks
as following proper standards for shipping pharmaceuticals,
diagnostic products (including reagents), and stable blood
products.
“This additional accreditation further demonstrates our
commitment to the healthcare and life sciences segments,” said Tom
Page, vice president of UPS Supply Chain Solutions healthcare
compliance and quality assurance. “Our long-term strategy is built
around four pillars that will continue to drive UPS’s success in
handling critical healthcare and life science goods: quality
assurance, visibility, control and customer experience.”
UPS’s healthcare warehouse network is built on integrated
solutions across air freight, distribution, small package and
ground freight with the ability to access patient populations in
markets around the world. Service technology and expertise include
customs brokerage, FDA-validated warehouse management systems,
repackaging, kitting, stock rotation, box density optimization,
returns management and more.
The facilities expansion and region certifications are part of
UPS’s strategic growth plan to better address the unique,
priority-handling needs for healthcare and life science shipments.
UPS recently announced a new healthcare product line, UPS Premier,
which leverages UPS’s Smart Global Logistics Network package
tracking capabilities, combined with new, next-generation,
on-package sensor technology to enable priority flow paths,
sortation, contingency actions and delivery services for critical
healthcare shipments. The line is part of an expansive effort to
retrofit UPS’s facility network with smart, IoT systems to track
healthcare packages. UPS also formed the new business unit called
UPS Healthcare and Life Sciences, and redesigned its quality
management system for storage, inventory management and
distribution of healthcare products.
About UPS Healthcare and Life Sciences UPS Healthcare and
Life Sciences provides global supply chain solutions and expertise
to pharmaceutical, biopharma and medical device companies. UPS has
approximately 8 million square feet of cGMP- or cGDP-compliant
healthcare distribution space globally. UPS also maintains one of
the world’s largest networks of field stocking locations with
approximately 900 sites. For parcels requiring strict temperature
environments, from CRT to cryogenic, and those requiring
around-the-clock monitoring, UPS has solutions such as UPS
Temperature True® and UPS Proactive Response® services. UPS is
committed to expanding its healthcare capabilities including
acquisitions of Marken, CEMELOG and Poltraf, to meet the complex
and evolving supply chain needs of the healthcare and life science
sectors. Visit ups.com/healthcare.
David Graves
davidgraves@ups.com
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS)
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