UPS Healthcare Facilities Backgrounder
Overview:
Through its extensive network of global healthcare facilities, UPS offers healthcare companies access to solutions that help them meet the special storage and handling needs of perishable pharmaceutical and biotech products, ensure regulatory compliance and speed products to market. UPS healthcare facilities provide customers with the following advantages:
- Accessibility - Strategic locations within the UPS network give companies access to transportation and distribution resources that help them get the right products to the right customers at the right time.
- Controlled Environments - PDMA- (Prescription Drug Marketing Act) and cGMP- (current Good Manufacturing Practice) compliant distribution space and temperature- and humidity- controlled environments ensure that products remain in optimal condition - throughout their supply chain journey.
- Shared Services - Multi-client facilities allow customers to reduce storage costs.
- Regulatory Expertise - Facilities maintain FDA, DEA and various state licenses.
- Advanced Training - Rigorous UPS training program resulted in development of motto posted in Louisville facility: "It's a Patient, Not a Package."
UPS Facility Fast Facts:
- More than 3 million square feet of cGMP- compliant, dedicated healthcare distribution space
- 23 UPS healthcare facilities across North America
- CFR 21 Part 11 validated Warehouse Management System
- Quality assurance systems that adhere to FDA, CFR and state pharmacy regulations
- Validated temperature-controlled storage and freezer capabilities
- Controlled substance storage, including DEA-approved vaults and cages
- Dry ice replenishment and refrigeration services
Inside the Flagship UPS Louisville Facility:
At more 526,761 square feet, UPS's Louisville Healthcare Logistics Center is the largest of two dedicated healthcare facilities on this strategic campus of eight buildings. The end-of-runway facility, located near UPS's Worldport global air hub, gives customers the advantage of next-day delivery for air shipment orders received as late as 11 p.m. as well as UPS ground deliveries within two days or less to 70 percent of U.S. locations. The FDA-regulated facility is divided into validated temperature-controlled and ambient sections and is designed to handle sensitive pharmaceuticals. It also is designed to facilitate the efficient distribution of over-the-counter and prescription drugs as well as other medical-related products and equipment.
Among the services offered at UPS's Louisville facility are:
- Inventory receiving
- Put-away services
- Order fulfillment
- Shipping
- Product configuration
- Quality assurance evaluation
- Returns management
- Critical parts deployment
For more information on UPS healthcare solutions, visit ups.com/healthcare
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