March 25, 2014 | Josh Halpern What Happens When Doctors Start Asking Who Makes Your Generic? I recently read an article by Toni Clarke and Bill Berkrot, "Unease grows among US doctors over Indian drug quality." The piece raised some interesting points around the quality of imported drugs and the fact that doctors are starting to question the origin of the drugs they are prescribing to their patients. Recently, the FDA banned the importation of products from certain pharmaceutical manufacturers due to quality control problems, including data manipulation and sanitation. According to the article, "Some US doctors are becoming concerned about the quality of generic drugs supplied by Indian manufacturers following a flurry of recalls and import bans by the Food and Drug Administration." Read More Tags: Channel Data, Data Sensing, Generic Medications, Generic Suppliers
February 11, 2014 | Brandon Underwood Survey: Tell Us About Your Downstream Date IntegriChain is pleased to be working with Lora Cecere of Supply Chain Insights by sharing out a survey she’s conducting on uses of Downstream Data. In her own words: “The objective of this survey is to understand how companies are using or planning to use downstream data, how it will shape supply chain outcomes and how technologies can be used to maximize the potential of downstream data.” Read More Tags: Channel Data, Daily Business Management, Order Management
January 7, 2014 | Brandon Underwood Top 10 Reasons To Follow The DNA Blog Welcome to the new DNA blog! We know that launching and maintaining a successful blog requires a consistent stream of high quality, engaging material. With that firmly fixed as our goal, we have spent the past few months planning our editorial calendar and getting input across our organization in order to bring you the most valuable information and helpful resources related to the forward supply chain. We want the DNA blog to be a must read where you can count on the latest information on the topics important to you, like demand visibility, trade partner collaboration, channel investment, product availability, and forecast accuracy. Read More Tags: Account Management, Channel Data, Commerce Management, Daily Business Management, Demand Visibility, Forecast Accuracy, Order Management, Sales Predictability