Cold Chain Compliance:
Strengthening the Weakest Link. Biotech companies must ensure management programs are sound throughout the entire cold chain.
Tunnell Consulting Lends Expertise to Life Sciences Supply Chains
Life science organizations face new challenges due to mergers, acquisitions and expansion into emerging markets. Meeting these challenges requires the knowledge and capabilities to integrate activities across the product lifecycle, taking into account extended supply chains with additional complexity and risk. Identifying the cause of a disruption and its impact on the other links of the chain, and developing an effective solution, requires a holistic understanding of the entire supply chain.
Supply Chains: A Systems Approach
Supply chains can best be described as systems. They are collections of inter-related, inter-dependent functions and processes that must operate in concert to transform inputs (materials and components) into defined outputs (products and services) in order to achieve the desired outcome: added value and financial gain for all participants. Specific functions are performed at the ‘link’ level, with the weakest link in the chain being the constraint — the limiting factor in the chain.
Taking this systems approach, Tunnell’s professionals use proven methodologies that combine the principles of Lean and Six Sigma and the Theory of Constraints to identify areas of risk and constraint, to develop sustainable solutions to increase throughput, and to reduce cost and risk. Recognizing the uniqueness of each supply chain environment, our teams work with internal and external stakeholders to meet the challenges of global manufacturing and distribution. These could include:
- Compliance — safety, security, regulatory and global trade requirements
- Supplier portfolio management — balancing opportunity and risk across an extended network
- Brand protection — mitigation strategies to meet challenges of counterfeit, diversion and piracy
- Product management — cold chain and product-level protection
- Chain of custody — visibility, e-pedigree requirements, exception management and alerting
- Cost containment — identification and management of total cost of goods sold
- Inventory reduction — across the network to include raw materials, WIP and finished goods
- Cash to cash cycle time — reduced variability and predictable flow of goods and cash
The Tunnell Path to Transformation
With extensive experience and deep expertise across all aspects of the life sciences supply chain, we offer:
- Supply Chain Assessment — diagnostic of areas of opportunity and risk
- Strategic Master Planning — collaborative development of a time-phased action plan
- Supply Chain Operations Excellence — teaming, coaching and process improvement
- Supplier Program Development — sourcing, qualification and supplier service level agreements for compliance, quality and continuous improvement
- Implementation Services — project leadership and subject matter experts to facilitate implementation of operational changes across the supply chain environment
Stronger Performance Ahead with Tunnell Consulting
Established in 1962, Tunnell Consulting has worked across the life science spectrum and all of the functions that comprise the product life cycle from concept to consumption. Our teams of highly credentialed subject matter experts can provide the experience and expertise required to manage these functions across an 'extended-enterprise' of suppliers, contract research and development, manufacturing and distribution.
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Tunnell Consulting Supply Chain Experts
Carla Reed - Principal:
20 years of experience as a Life Science authority in global supply chain and logistics environments.
Robert Spector - Principal:
More than 17 years of expertise in Lean / Six Sigma, operational excellence and supply chain strategy.
