Transporting perishable goods, whether its medicine or produce, is no easy task and requires intense planning. Supply chain and logistics professionals have employed a number of solutions over the past years to ‘get more visibility’ to what is happening and avoid issues. Yet, even with devices frequently transmitting temperature & location in real time, cold chains around the world still suffer from product loss and products arriving with less shelf life than expected. Join Supply Chain Now host Scott Luton, along with Ilya Preston and Brian Shultz with PAXAFE and dive into the reasons why visibility falls short and discover: Why “getting more visibility” isn’t the only solution—many cold chain operations are sitting on valuable data with hidden insights ready to be uncovered. The challenges of handling vast new data streams, including the costs, staffing needs, and limits of human-based monitoring for scaling insights. How managed logistics data can speed decision-making, cut costs, and provide a competitive edge by transforming sensor data into actionable insights. The power of data-driven decisions across domains and how teams leveraging AI can confidently respond to leadership with consistent, fact-based insights.

Bio-Rad is a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing innovative products for the life science research and clinical diagnostic markets. Join Supply Chain Now’s Scott Luton & Greg White to hear how Bio-Rad has embarked upon a journey to total supply chain transformation; improving forecast accuracy and speed of supply planning, inventory management, end to end visibility, and ultimately improving service to their customers for Finished Goods. Learn how working collaboratively with Kinaxis and IBM, Bio-Rad positively redefined and stabilized core supply chain processes, implementing Kinaxis’ Rapid Response solution. Understand how Bio-Rad adopted a phased approach, beginning as a foundation with demand planning, followed by supply planning, and reporting & analytics. Once this foundation is in place then embarking on a journey to establish robust S&OP and S&OE processes, extending functionality vertically & horizontally, and modelling & optimizing inventory. The overarching goal of this transformation is to deliver improved customer service and responsiveness, whilst simultaneously providing network visibility, driving optimal use of manufacturing assets, and improving cashflow.