A key priority for government officials is being able to work with members of the bio-pharmaceutical supply chain to gain

insight into the status of the supply chain after a disaster and to help ensure that medicine continues to get to patients in the affected area, said Nitin Natarajan, a Conference panelist who serves as Coordinating Director, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Emergency Preparedness Seminar is an important opportunity for government officials to continue strengthening our working relationship with the private sector. Building these relationships before disaster strikes is the key to making public-private partnerships truly effective.

Reverse logistics stands for all operations related to the reuse of products and materials. It is "the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw materials, inprocess inventory, finished goods and related information from the point of consumption to the point of origin for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal. More precisely, reverse logistics is the process of moving goods from their typical final destination for the purpose of capturing value, or proper disposal. Remanufacturing and refurbishing activities also may be included in the definition of reverse [1] logistics." The reverse logistics process includes the management and the sale of surplus as well as returned equipment and machines from the hardware leasing business. Normally,logistics deal with events that bring the product towards the customer. In the case of reverse, the resource goes at least one step back in the supply chain. For instance, goods move from the customer to the distributor or to the [2] manufacturer. Lets look at an example; a manufacturer produces product A which moves through the supply chain network reaching the distributor or customer. Any process or management after the sale of product A involves Reverse Logistics. If product A happened to be defective the customer would return the product. The manufacturing firm would then have to organise shipping of the defective product, testing the product, dismantling, repairing, recycling or disposing the product. Product A will travel in reverse through the supply chain network in order to retain any use from the defective product. This is what reverse logistics is about. he distortion of demand information implies that the manufacturer who only observes its immediate order data will be misled by the amplified demand patterns, and this has serious cost implications. For instance, the manufacturer incurs excess raw materials cost due to unplanned purchases of supplies, additional manufacturing expenses created by excess capacity, inefficient utilization and overtime, excess warehousing expenses and additional transportation costs due to inefficient scheduling and premium shipping rates. Trade estimates suggest that these activities can result in excess costs in the range between 12.5% to 25% (Kurt Salmon Associates 1993). By another measure, the inefficiencies bear part responsibility for the $75 billion to $100 billion worth of inventory caught between various members of the
Logistic support for trade promotion: Annual Trade fair Delhi, Pragati maidan case: Challenges and risk in Food Supply Chain: India: Role of supply chain in tourism industry: Information distortion in Supply chain: Inland water transport: future and scope in India: Public distribution system in India:

Friday, 16/3/2012

People Centric Supply chain : Cold Chain Transportation: The state of Bio Pharma Supply Chain: ROI in reverse Logistic:

Marketing challenges in the new supply chain: Monday, 19/3/2012

Inland water transport: future and scope in India: Public distribution system in India: Vendor managed inventory in Retail supply chain: Role of Internet in Supply Chain Management: Intellectual Distribution system: Future and Scope of FDI in Indian Retail: