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Innovation a Key Factor in Medicine Supply Logistics

By Jack Rodríguez - Farmacéuticos Maypo
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By Jack Rodriguez | Director de Operaciones - Thu, 11/03/2022 - 12:00

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In this third decade of the 21st century, in which advances in research and development of innovative drugs, vaccines, healing materials, devices and other medical supplies have generated significant contributions to health all around the world, their handling and care have also evolved and require high specialization.

These kinds of pharmaceutical products must be stored at the required temperature, distributed, and dispensed, maintaining their properties with appropriate processes, innovation, and high technology, following a precise process that guarantees efficiency, quality, efficacy, and safety for all patients who need to take these medicines. 

An adequate and modern infrastructure is a key link in the pharmaceutical industry's supply chain and in the health sector in general. Achieving excellence in specialized logistics services for medicines, vaccines, healing materials, devices, and other medical supplies is a significant challenge and responsibility for anyone. This is particularly relevant in the face of scenarios that pose previously unknown challenges, with new diseases that appear and impact health in the world, such as COVID-19 or any other new virus. As vaccines and therapies advance, it is essential to act with the urgency required by private or public hospitals, health centers, and pharmacies to receive medicines and make them available to people who need them. 

For this service to reach the optimal characteristics required, all players in the health sector have to participate in a responsible and appropriate way, always with the commitment to provide well-timed access to medicines and other medical supplies.

Having the highest quality standards in medication management involves several factors, such as correct product handling, precise temperature control, as well as compliance with hygiene and quality standards throughout the entire supply chain process.

Also, it is essential to have precise inventory management to be able to detect and prevent any anomaly in the logistics process of medication delivery. Thanks to an efficient traceability, it is possible to visualize the product’s handling, from its origin to distribution and even delivery to the final point, always having visibility of the entire process. This allows a company to act against any irregularity. For this reason, it is completely necessary to invest in the essential tools that help automate the chain processes.

Improving quality, innovation, and infrastructure in pharmaceutical logistics is a solid investment. Automating processes through available applications and programs and implementing technology with artificial intelligence in warehouses and distribution logistics are trends that we need to adopt in the sector. These technologies are no longer the future of logistics; they are the present and, nowadays, are increasingly necessary to meet the needs of society. 

Some technology trends, such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, or robotics, as well as the ability to have temperature-controlled warehouses, storage, pre-storage, cold and freezer chain networks, provide the necessary infrastructure to meet the complex task of keeping different medicines and vaccines in optimal condition for storage, distribution and last-mile/end-user delivery.

In addition, these technologies provide the opportunity to have real-time traceability of product location, temperature, and humidity and also offer fully customized deliveries.

At Maypo, we offer integral solutions for storing, distributing, dispensing, and commercializing highly specialized drugs and cold chain networks. We use the best technology available in the industry. Today, we have a multishuttle automation system, unique in Latin America, which allows us to reduce time and minimize errors in order fulfillment. We have increased to a great level the productivity of our personnel and also the efficiency of deliveries.

We also have Voice Picking technology — a voice-assistance system for our operators — that works with verbal instructions, computerized systems for monitoring temperature and humidity, access control, and SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). We have evolved world-class supply chains, making them digital and seamless from end to end, enhancing the experience of our trading partners and customers.

In pharmaceutical logistics, the cold network is a key concept in the handling of medicines and vaccines. That is why our vehicle fleet is fully adequate and certified for the transportation of temperature-controlled medicines and cold chains. We have protocols and specialized transportation units that guarantee all the required conditions and provide product traceability in every transaction that we do. 

At Maypo, we are always at the forefront, with the constant search for innovative technologies and implementing actions that help to provide the appropriate and necessary services that the pharmaceutical logistics industry demands. In addition, we contribute to health institutions for the welfare of the population with greater and better access to therapies that can improve the quality of life for Mexicans.

Logistics services for the health sector are constantly evolving, and Maypo as well. We are always adapting to the demands of the pharmaceutical industry and health sector; we provide high-quality solutions and services, make costs efficient, and reduce delivery times.

Photo by:   Jack Rodríguez

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