2014 - Pricing Changes, What lies ahead for steel consumers?

Presently, pharmaceutical companies in India prefer Air freight for the distribution of pharmaceutical products that includes various vaccines, blood samples and life-saving drugs across the country. Even though air freight provides quick and secure transportation it is usually associated with expensive shipping costs. Also the requirement of transit airports to have mandatory cold-storage facilities and extensive drug control procedures makes air freighting challenging for pharma products.However, with the emergence of new packaging technologies for cold-chain products, Road freight is emerging as a viable alternative to airfreight.

Due to the high value of the pharma goods which require higher safety during transit, major 3PL service providers are preferred over regional service providers.?? Currently major 3PL service providers are capable of providing gel packaged or containerized transport based on client's request. However, with the emergence of such packaging technologies, 3PL service providers are expected to initiate full-fledged pharmaceutical shipments on road with value added services and consolidation services. This whitepaper would discuss the possibilities in preferring road freight solutions for frozen or temperature sensitive pharma goods over air freight and the cost benefits associated.