Preface:-
Strategically Global Landscape, India is going through an interesting phase wrt opportunities. Global Pharma Companies have fearlessly embarked on a growth trajectory aspiring to become a hub for low-cost manufacturing and R&D. Alongside yet there are also facing a unique set of local and global challenges that are creating significant pressure to tighten the end-to-end operations at Pharma sector in India.
The landscape has become more complex with an interplay of factors that make it a challenging space, even for the well-established players in India. In addition, businesses expect the goods and services tax (GST) regime to influence the sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution footprint, with particular impact on transportation and warehousing. Pharma Companies are looking at the next phase of growth, but there is a significant gap between the strategic vision and operational reality.
Pharma Products have proliferated exponentially and become more complex, driven by patients’ growing therapeutic needs. Fragmentation at every stage of the value chain is a direct hit on supply chain efficiency. Quality issues and price pressures have spiralled across the value chain, triggered by more regulatory scrutiny. Infrastructure, although better than in the past, is still a concern. Despite these challenges, pharma companies are expected to drive top line and bottom-line growth while also improving shareholder value.
Pharma supply chains in India now face greater pressure to enhance their performance to prepare for the future and create a competitive advantage. Broadly challenges are , due to Infrastructure gaps & Complex, unequipped distribution network & end to end visibility of cold chain products beyond manufacturing sites .
Infrastructure gaps, in India faces many gaps in its supply infrastructure, including in transportation, storage, and power supply. In transportation, less than 5 percent of roads are national highways, and they handle more than one-third of traffic.
The rail network is similarly inadequate, and the air network in underutilized. In terms of storage, the lack of a robust cold chain network to support the supply chain represents a significant gap in today’s pharma infrastructure.
Drugs have varying storage requirements to ensure that potency is maintained throughout their shelf life.
Moving specialty products and vaccines requires continuous monitoring at all stages of the value chain, but with the current infrastructure, companies are still unable to ensure a product is stored at the required conditions throughout its transition.
Complex and unequipped distribution network, Most third-party cold chain logistics providers do not have adequate capacity and temperature control systems to support today’s drug storage and handling requirements. In addition, pharma companies lose control over the supply chain beyond the distributor. Companies deal with thousands of distributors, which creates a lack of visibility and unreliable forecasting and results in suboptimal inventory and poor service levels.
Companies lose visibility and control of the Cold chain product’s movement beyond manufacturing sites , clearing and forwarding agents . In addition, many warehouses, distributors, and far-flung retailers do not have the infrastructure to store the product. The result is damaged products, rejects from customers, and greater risk to patients. To overcome external infrastructure constraints, the pressure for timely and effective supply chain execution becomes paramount.
S K Logistics has competence for handling Pharma & Healthcare Cold Chain Products.
- Established Trust and Confidence in the field of cold chain warehousing & logistics with experience of 10+ years of services to Pharma & Healthcare companies.
- Comprehensive service setup and the infrastructure to handle Central Warehouse , Carrying & Forwarding Agent , Promotional warehouse & Repackaging facility which handles Cold chain products .
- Manages 17 + companies Cold Chain products.
- Handling 145+ products & 250+ sku’s for cold chain .
- Managing 7000+ boxes monthly for Cold chain outbound
- 800 + cold chain deliveries across India , widely covering 20 states across India.
- Reaches to 1300+ distributors All India for cold chain.
- Serving 450+ CFA’s for cold chain .
- Dispatching through approved Curriers, Transporters by using Validated Cold chain boxes & through refrigerator vans, depending on load wrt consignment & transportation requirement to meet quality & cost.
