UPS is committed to the healthcare industry and is continually investing in its people, resources, network and solutions to meet healthcare companies’ unique logistics needs. Our experts can help healthcare companies turn their supply chains into a competitive advantage.

UPS wants to help make your business more efficient. Specifically, UPS can help:

• Reduce overhead
• Reduce inventory management costs
• Streamline the ordering and billing process
• Increase profits
• Find more efficient ways to get products to market
• Get your products to new markets

UPS Order To Cash^SM capabilities enable us to manage the entire healthcare supply chain – from point of order entry to cash receipt. Our customers then can focus on their core business while UPS handles everything from customer service to warehousing and distribution to accounts receivable. We do all of this while maximizing supply chain visibility through our advanced tracking technology.

Our Network

UPS has built our extensive network around customer needs. Our healthcare customers have access to UPS’s multiple distribution centers, integrated global small package network, integrated North American less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload (TL) networks and dedicated aircraft lift.

We have more than three million square feet of compliant, dedicated healthcare distribution space in North America and warehouse facilities specially designed for healthcare products. For companies with temperature-sensitive storage needs, UPS has multiple PDMA (Prescription Drug Marketing Act) and cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practice) compliant distribution centers that offer temperature and humidity controlled environments.

Our Expertise

UPS has a dedicated, multi-functional team of professionals that understand the healthcare industry’s complex and unique needs. We have the proven capabilities and solutions to help healthcare companies speed products to market, meet time-critical customer needs and solve industry issues.

Our healthcare team includes Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs personnel from many disciplines along with logistics professionals who can address a company’s specific healthcare product and service needs. Whether you are in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, medical and surgical supplies, over-the-counter preparations or animal health, UPS has the expertise to help you create the most effective supply chain solution for your business to meet market and customer demands and to enable regulatory compliance.

Our Solutions

UPS offers comprehensive distribution, customer care and transportation services to the healthcare industry to help companies maximize supply chain efficiency. Our tracking technology provides visibility throughout the shipping process so that companies can make crucial decisions to meet customer needs.

UPS healthcare solutions can be tailored to meet the industry’s unique transportation and distribution needs. We offer repeatable, configurable solutions for maximum efficiencies in the following healthcare market segments:

• Pharmaceuticals
• Medical devices
• Biotechnology