Jon Brewin, business development manager for AutoStore, discusses increasing demands on pharmaceutical supply chains and how automation can improve lead times.
One of the largest growing areas for the supply chain industry is pharmaceutical logistics. With consumers taking a hands-on approach to their healthcare and medication being more personally prescribed, the demand for pharma products has rapidly increased since 2019. Pharmaceutical companies are now taking more of a consumer approach, for example GSK recently split the business into two distinctive sides through the launch of its consumer arm, Haleon. Once an industry driven by B2B trading, now faces the challenge of staying ahead of the curve by jumping on the pandemic induced e-commerce boom, quickly and effectively to maximise business outputs.