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Healthcare

In the healthcare industry, a plethora of supply chain challenges drives attention and capital away from your core business:

• Ensuring the highest level of accuracy in products shipped and delivery times
• Compliance with federal and local government regulations for storage, distribution and transportation of pharmaceutical products
• Maintaining chain-of-signature for narcotic and controlled drugs
• Maintaining quarantine and release processes

To overcome these challenges, the ideal solution would enable you to easily meet regulatory standards, ensure goods arrive at the right place and time, reach multiple channels, improve cycle times, and enhance customer service - all the while equipping your business with end-to-end virtual control and access to real-time data on such criticals as inventory levels and product usage trends.
We are the leader in customized supply chain solutions for the healthcare industry
Many of Canada's leading companies count on UPS Supply Chain Solutions for solutions that meet the rigours and regulations of the healthcare industry. Our experience - along with the specialized facilities and services we maintain - lead to greater efficiencies and profitability, and give you more control than ever before.

From nutrients to narcotics

Our legacy of service to the Canadian healthcare industry includes logistics solutions for pharmaceutical and narcotic products, biotechnology, medical devices and instrumentation, consumer health products, nutrition and alternative care products.
As experts in healthcare logistics, we are proactive in identifying trends and changes within the industry and in developing logistics solutions to help your business compete more successfully.

From secure spaces to critical places

Our resources include highly secured and temperature controlled facilities: vaults and cages; capacity for all ambient, refrigerated, and frozen products; fully integrated facility management systems; and GMP facilities. All of our healthcare facilities meet TPP requirements and are compliant with the regulations and procedures. We maintain a full portfolio of specialized logistics services to meet the unique needs of the healthcare industry including:

• Distribution facility management
• Transportation management
• Low unit-of-measure order delivery
• Order management
• Chain of signature for narcotic and controlled drugs
• Lot control
• Lot tracking
• Lot recall
• Invoicing and A/R collection
• Managing quarantine and release processes
• Cold chain management
• Clinical trials
• Reverse logistics (return goods management)
• Legal agent agreements
• Literature and sample distribution

A global reach

Our global and multi-channel capabilities help you respond more expeditiously to all your customers - hospitals, clinics, doctors, pharmacies, labs, agents, distributors, and wholesalers - in Canada and across borders.

Better informed and in control

UPS Logistics Group solutions for the healthcare industry are based on equipping you with more control, not less. By applying our advanced technology and systems, you gain real-time, end-to-end visibility throughout your distribution networks.