b'14American Journal of Transportation ajot.com(EMERGEScontinuedButpharmaceuticalsaddessarydevelopmentinthemeans there can be virtually nomaintenance.from page 12) layersofdifficultytotheCOVIDvaccinerollout:thetime lag for information to beHerjolfsson,forone,is gets an email saying hold offmonitoring process. Herjolfs- breaking down of supply chainpassedandassessed. AsHer- upbeat that at least the moni-onusingthesevials.Pfiz- soncitesatypicalAmazonsilos. The more information isjolfssonpointedout,vaccinetoringwontbecompro-ersqualitycontrolassessesdelivery, where theres a kindshared, the more efficient thecentersneedtoknowwhenmised. We came together to thefluctuationanddeter- of basic visibility technologyprocess.Technologiessuchvaccines are arriving, in whatwork on a global solution he mineswhetherthevaccinethats available for all parties.asControlantsfacilitatethisquantity and if there are delays.said. We were able to create isstillOK.Usually,withinIn the end, however, a box iskind of participation, but theVarious carriers need to knowthisharmonizedsinglepro-30or40minutes,thecus- left at a doorstep, and thats it.various parties involved musthow many containers to expectcessforeveryone.Andfor tomer receives an email withbe willing and open to share.andwhen.Themanufacturerme, that was just fantastic.instructions on what to do. p reciseM oniToring Herjolfsson, for one, believesneeds to know everything fromWhile attention is squarely WhatwedidinthisPharmaceuticals, in gen- this has been successful withdelivery schedules to usage tofocused on the COVID vac-projectistomakesurethateral, and the vaccines in par- the Covid vaccine.One ofweather conditions. cinesandthenecessary all communication would beticular are a different matterthemostnotablethingsweAnd all this is happeningsupply chain, several parties automatic, said Herjolfsson,entirely.Drugscantjustbearewitnessingisanunprec- notjustinonestateoronearebeginningtoexamine who spoke to American Jour- left at the doorstep for pickup.edented level of collaborationregionoronecountry,butwhatallthismeanstothe nal of Transportation (AJOT)Norcantherebeariskofamong stakeholders through- globally. Millions of doses offutureofcoldstorageand over Zoom and also providedatemperaturespikethatisout the entire vaccine supplyvaccines are whizzing everytransportation.Becausethe written answers to questions.commonplaceeveninmostchain, he said.which way. devicesarereusable,and SoeventhoughImatthefresh produce. Precise moni- The sheer volume of ship- Thiswillgettrickierinbecause so much information hospital,Idontnecessarilytoringmustcontinuefrommentstravelingthroughoutthemonthsahead.Throughis traceable, these systems are have access to the same plat- the moment a drug leaves thethesupplychainatonce,buttheWorldHealthOrganiza- becomingmuchmorecost form, Im always notified andplant until it is dispensed, andbound for such disparate des- tionsglobalvaccineaccesseffective,Herjolfssonmain-I can track my shipment whenby a variety of players. Alltinations,makestheCOVIDprogramCovax,vaccinestains. That reduction in cost it arrives. It says hey, yourof these parties actually havevaccinedistributionextraor- are beginning to roll out toomeans that this kind of system product has been released anda real time visibility through- dinarily unique. So, coordina- muchpoorercountries,andcould see wider spread usage its good to use or can youout the entire journey, Her- tion and collaboration betweentheresunderstandablecon- in the future, and not just be please wait for us to analyzejolfsson explained. everyonealongthechainiscern about infrastructure sup- limited to the most expensive something? Thisunderscoresanec- all the more important. It alsoport,especiallytemperatureor critical medicines. Thatautomaticpushing ofinformationisabsolutely essential.Forthesheer volume, its very time sensi-tive,environmentsensitive andjustsensitiveoverall. Itssocritical,Herjolfsson said. What the COVID proj-ects have shown and proved, not just to us, but also to the industry, is that the future of supply chain can be done, the trackingautomationcanbe done, said Herjolfsson. B iologics anDB iosiMilars AS ONE, WE CAN. Pharmaceuticals are moving quickly to what are called bio-logics and biosimilars, drugsONE CONNECTS ASIA AND BEYONDthataremadefromliving organizations or have compo-nents of living organizations.With weekly liner services to all major trade lanes around the world, These not only require muchOcean Network Express (ONE) o\x02ers customers a superior level of service and stricter temperature controls,convenience when it comes to Trans-Pacic shipments between Asia and buttendtobemuchmoreNorth America. This is further complemented by an ongoing eet expansion program costly on a dosage basis thanand the use of enhanced operational and service technologies, through which ONE is traditional drugs. That meansbetter equipped to connect with customers now and in the future.that monitoring a shipment is that much more critical, with more information necessary.Wevesettheprecedent, Herjolfsson believes. AccordingtoHerjolfs-son,Controlantwasableto develop its technology for the COVIDvaccinemonitoring within five months, a process, he said, that would normally have taken years.The company was founded byHerjolfssonandtwouni-versityfriendsin2007,but madeitsinitialforayinto pharmaceuticals-pharma-ceuticals-relatedmonitoring duringtheH1N1influenza pandemic two years later. The Icelandic government funded Controlants monitoring of the vaccine,aproject,Herjolfs-son said, that demanded just a one-month rollout.Controlant now offers its track-and-trace technology to a variety of cold-chain related industries including food and beverage.Within supply chains, track- Ocean Network Express(North America) Inc. 8730 Stony Point Parkway, Richmond, VA 23235and-trace technologies are devel-opingrapidly.ColdchainisCustomer Service ( 844 ) 413 - 6029 www.one-line.comno exception and temperature monitoring are commonplace.'