Pharma Logistics IQ observes: The value of supply chain transparency

Share your thoughts and insights on how the pharma industry is enabling intelligent, end-to-end visibility and transparency to support business growth and continuous improvement in the pharma supply chain.

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* 1. What nature of business does your job function fall into?

Logistics

Transportation

Distribution, warehousing and storage

Procurement

Third-party logistics provider (3PL)

Fourth-party logistics provider (4PL)

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What region are you responsible for in your role?

America

Europe

Africa

Asia

Australasia

Global

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* 3. How far along is your company in implementing end-to-end visibility channels into your supply chain?

Fully operational, we are actively utilizing technology and/or service providers to enhance our transparency

Testing and piloting, we are actively evaluating technology and service providers that will improve our transparency

Planning, we are considering our approach

Not at all, we are not seeking to enhance our supply chain transparency

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* 4. What is your most dominant challenge for improving supply chain transparency? Please select all that apply.

Budget constraints

Building a justifiable business case

Limited IT resource and infrastructure

Undefined master data management strategy

Lack of cooperation/compliance of ecosystem trading partners

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How important is having real-time transparency for each of the following aspects in your supply chain? One being extremely important and ten being the least important.

In-transit shipments
Inventory assessments
Arrival times of customer shipments
Procedure compliances (e.g. adherence to lanes, routes, other SOP procedures)
Freight cost and rate information
Lane performance
Product quality performance issues (e.g. temperature excursions, tampering or damage)
Diverted or stolen goods
Logistic service providers (LSPs) or other trading partner performance
Delays or disruptions due to external events (e.g. Suez Canal, Covid-19, port congestion, weather events, etc.)

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* 6. What initiatives are you implementing to improve your transparency efforts across your supply chain? Please select all that apply.

Software as a Service or new cloud-based applications

Recruiting new talent in IT or data science

Data management and analysis strategies

Enhancing cross-functionality in-house between leadership, transportation, planning, procurement, product quality and global security teams

Developing an extended trader partner ecosystem with LSPs and material suppliers

Other (please specify)

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* 7. How much does your company spend on supply chain visibility solutions per year (US$)?

Up to $100,000

$100,000

$500,000

$1m+

$5m+

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* 8. How would you describe your current set up for logistics and transportation operations? Please select all that apply.

We use a 4PL to manage our logistics and transportation

We use multiple 3PLs to manage our logistics and transportation

We have multiple in-house regional teams responsible for logistics and transportation

We have a global team responsible for customer service and deliveries

We use a single transportation management system for all global transportation

We have multiple transportation management systems for each region’s transportation

We do not use a transportation management solution

We book our own transportation

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* 9. How is your company using Internet of Things enabled technology for each of the following use cases? Please indicate by marking with (U) for using today, (T) for testing and (C) for considering for use in the future.

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Data logging	Data logging Answer options menu
Real-time location analysis	Real-time location analysis Answer options menu
Temperature analysis	Temperature analysis Answer options menu
Product tampering	Product tampering Answer options menu
Product theft	Product theft Answer options menu
Risk analysis from damage due to shock or drop	Risk analysis from damage due to shock or drop Answer options menu

Pharma Logistics IQ observes: The value of supply chain transparency

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* 1. What nature of business does your job function fall into?

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* 2. What region are you responsible for in your role?

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* 3. How far along is your company in implementing end-to-end visibility channels into your supply chain?

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* 4. What is your most dominant challenge for improving supply chain transparency? Please select all that apply.

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* 5. How important is having real-time transparency for each of the following aspects in your supply chain? One being extremely important and ten being the least important.

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* 6. What initiatives are you implementing to improve your transparency efforts across your supply chain? Please select all that apply.

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* 7. How much does your company spend on supply chain visibility solutions per year (US$)?

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* 8. How would you describe your current set up for logistics and transportation operations? Please select all that apply.

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* 9. How is your company using Internet of Things enabled technology for each of the following use cases? Please indicate by marking with (U) for using today, (T) for testing and (C) for considering for use in the future.

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* 10. What are your company’s key business initiatives over the next two years for improving supply chain visibility?