Healthcare Logistics Management
In the evolving healthcare industry, one thing remains constant: the need for an unwavering focus on compliance, safety and risk management. When it comes to transportation, storage and distribution of sensitive materials and devices, the ability to track and manage risks across the supply chain is paramount. NXTPoint Logistics’ reliable and specialized medical supply logistics services ensure your products are handled with fully compliant healthcare regulation standards and complete visibility from temperature-controlled sites to customized kitting and labeling to final mile parcel delivery.
From raw materials manufacturing to order fulfillment, every step is meticulously monitored and documented to guarantee quality and safety. With people's health and well-being at stake, we understand there’s no room for error. At NXTPoint Logistics, we prioritize risk management and maintain a sharp focus on inventory management systems throughout your health logistics supply chain.
We offer a variety of healthcare logistics solutions featuring:
- Domestic and international transportation from first mile to last
- Highly trained quality management professionals ensuring operations meet government and industry regulatory standards
- We are flexible, scaling with your business – we can operate on-site at your facility or manage your operations at one of our 30+ owned and operated facilities across the US
- Greater control, tracking and visibility of goods through our Tier-1 Enterprise Warehouse Management System (WMS), Körber One
- Value-added, high touch services such as raw materials handling, labeling, kitting and returns management services for optimized healthcare logistics flow
Case Study
Dedicated warehousing of raw materials, onsite personnel, and country-specific repackaging helped this medical device manufacturer adjust to supply shortages and limited transportation capacity. See how NXTPoint Logistics’ exclusive medical supply logistics solution evolved their supply chain.
Healthcare Logistics FAQs
Healthcare logistics refers to the process in which sensitive products in the healthcare system are handled and managed throughout the supply chain. Products can include medical devices and supplies, pharmaceuticals, and lab specimen transport. It can also include veterinary medical products and specimens.
The supply chain begins with raw materials from suppliers, flows through distributors, and then reaches healthcare facilities where they will be used to provide patient care. For lab specimens, the journey starts at healthcare facilities and transitions to testing locations, and so on. In each situation, temperature controls must be tightly managed and governmental and healthcare regulations closely followed.
Although specific details can be different, overall, medical supply logistics must be seamlessly managed to make sure the proper products arrive at the appropriate destination, within the required timeline, in excellent condition, and by compliant means. Otherwise, optimal patient care can be disrupted, adding to costs and potentially causing harm to the patients.
Moreover, inadequate medical supply logistics can seriously harm the reputation of the manufacturer, impacting their bottom line and industry image. Fortunately, when you choose NXTPoint for your medical supply logistics/medical equipment logistics, you can count on optimal transportation and delivery.
Medical logistics is a system that’s set up to safely, accurately, compliantly (and, ideally, cost-effectively) move healthcare-related items along the supply chain. Examples of this includes medical supply logistics and medical equipment logistics.
Although logistics-related delays or errors in other industries can be frustrating, in the healthcare world, they can have a true life-or-death impact, as doctors, nurses, and patients await potentially life-saving or life-enhancing supplies, equipment, and more.
Medical logistics involves storing and managing inventory in temperature-controlled warehousing before transporting the sensitive products appropriately, including in ways that comply with healthcare and governmental regulation standards for optimal medical order fulfillment.
With our specialized medical supply logistics services, our expert team manages risk throughout the entire medical supply logistics and medical equipment logistics processes. Each step of the way, NXTPoint stays fully in compliance, thanks to our skillfully trained quality management professionals, and provides full transparency from the first mile to the last. This is true with domestic transportation and international transportation, whether we operate on a customer’s site or in one of our own facilities across the country.
Our Tier-1 Enterprise Warehouse Management System (WMS), Körber One, provides maximum control of the medical supplies, equipment, and more, providing real-time visibility and tracking. Additionally, NXTPoint offers numerous value-added services in our medical supply logistics and medical equipment logistics: raw materials handling, labeling, kitting, returns management, and much more.
The healthcare fulfillment process (or medical order fulfillment process) involves getting the needed products and supplies from manufacturers and other parties to hospitals and other medical facilities. The medical order fulfillment supply chain can be quite complex due to governmental and healthcare regulations, temperature and handling requirements, the just-in-time nature of the supplies and equipment, and more.
Healthcare logistics companies vary in their ability to optimally provide medical order fulfillment. Here’s what the best can provide:
- Efficient and cost-effective processes: first mile through the last mile
- Compliant processes across the entire supply chain: governmental and healthcare
- Streamlined inventory management in medical-grade facilities
- Demand forecasting and management for just-in-time deliveries
- Quality communication and collaboration across the supply chain
- Advanced technologies that allow real-time visibility
- Outstanding customer service
NXTPoint checks all of those boxes in our medical order fulfillment. To discuss your company’s needs for medical supply logistics/medical equipment logistics, please reach out for an expert consultation.
A medical logistics company is a third-party logistics company (often called 3PL) that provides services for healthcare companies across the supply chain. Also known as healthcare logistics companies, what they offer can vary in specialties provided, facilities owned and managed, their locations, range of services, and so forth.
Healthcare logistics companies also vary in their experience (we leverage more than a century of logistics-based services) and expertise: We have experts who are deeply knowledgeable about each portion of the medical supply chain.
You can read bullet points about the ways in which NXTPoint stands out among healthcare logistics companies in the answer to the FAQ, “What is the fulfillment process in healthcare?” What matters to your company, of course, is how our experts can specifically help your company with your unique requirements. To discuss specifics and have our team craft a personalized plan, please connect with us. We’ll happily discuss which of our services will dovetail and fulfill your particular requirements. Thank you!
