Blue Vector Systems today announced that Mike Gardner, Blue Vector’s
president and CEO, will co-present a workshop with the Logistics
Director for DPT Laboratories, Alan Green, at the Center for Business
Intelligence’s (CBI) Premier Forum for the
Life Sciences Industry on Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Diversion
Strategies.
Scheduled for Monday October 20, 2008, the half-day workshop will focus
on considerations for implementing a comprehensive strategy for
leveraging serialization and authentication technologies in the
pharmaceutical industry. In addition to helping attendees understand the
business value of serialization for ePedigree mandates and beyond —
as well as sift through some of the process and technology choices
available — the session will also discuss
considerations for developing an appropriate strategy aligned with
organizational-specific needs and objectives. Providing a real world
illustration, Green will discuss how he expects serialization and
ePedigree will impact DPT Laboratories’
business and customers as well as detail the company’s
strategy and the ROI considerations that went beyond simply meeting
future mandates.
Recognized globally for technical expertise and virtually unlimited
manufacturing capabilities, DPT Laboratories is a contract development
and manufacturing organization specializing in semi-solid and liquid
dosage forms and the industry source for fully integrated drug
development and manufacturing solutions. With more than thirty years of
experience in logistics and supply chain management, Alan Green has led
all aspects of logistics, purchasing, planning, scheduling and the
supply chain, and has won many awards for his work in the pharmaceutical
supply chain industry, including the prestigious FedEx Bravo Zulu award
for Excellence and the Johnson & Johnson Customer-Centric Award.
“Although the California ePedigree mandate is
no longer on the near-term horizon, DPT Laboratories decided to get
ahead of the curve by pro-actively moving forward with our serialization
and ePedigree initiative,” commented Green. “There
were a number of key factors driving this decision, such as consumer
protection, addressing counterfeiting and diversion, and, of course,
implementation time. It was clear that making an early investment ahead
of the mandate would result in tangible ROI and a considerable
competitive advantage for DPT’s business,
among other compelling business reasons.”
“Hats off to Alan and his colleagues at DPT
Laboratories for setting such a strong example in the industry,”
added Gardner. “By moving ahead on the company’s
own terms — instead of being pulled along by
the crowd — DPT is able to enjoy a
considerable head start by investing in a solution that makes sense for
both its own business and that of its customers.”
Blue Vector is the trusted choice of industry leaders who are
revolutionizing their operations by extending the reach of their current
business processes to the edge of their operations. An offshoot of
groundbreaking research into highly distributed military sensor
networks, Blue Vector's technology puts RFID, barcode, temperature, GPS
and motion sensors to work for leading businesses who need to control
remote inventory, improve their shipping accuracy, monitor the movement
of assets, or track the progress of individual items throughout their
supply chain. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For
more information, please visit www.bluevector.com.
About DPT Laboratories
With facilities in San Antonio and Lakewood, New Jersey, DPT, a DFB
company, is recognized globally for unparalleled semi-solid and liquid
technical expertise, DPT is a contract development and manufacturing
organization (CDMO) and is the industry source for semi-solid and liquid
development and manufacturing services for the world’s
leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare companies. With
four cGMP facilities and over 1 million square feet of state-of-the-art
manufacturing, packaging, and distribution space, DPT offers full
service outsourcing solutions including stand alone development, site
transfers, turnkey production, packaging, and worldwide distribution.
For more information on DPT Laboratories, call 1-866-CALL-DPT or visit www.DPTLabs.com.
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