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Adapt Ideations Unique Vaccine Tracking Capabilities

Adapt Ideations • Apr 01, 2022

Adapt Ideations aims to simplify the immense effort of distributing vaccines globally and more broadly other vital pharmaceuticals.

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Adapt Ideations Role In Global Distribution Of Vaccines


Adapt Ideations’ IoT enabled asset tracking solutions have successfully been deployed to assist companies in tracking vaccines globally. Our company’s innovative solutions assist in digitalising the everyday asset management and global supply chain functions of businesses. Adapt Ideations is changing the game for global vaccine distribution with near real-time solutions for vaccine tracking. Adapt Ideations works closely with a number of logistics companies to provide innovative asset tracking solutions for vital pharmaceutical consignments including the distribution of vaccines. 

 

Tracking Vaccine Shipments.

Near real-time tracking of vaccine shipments is imperative for the successful and safe delivery of these highly temperature-sensitive products. With increasingly stringent compliance measures in place and government regulations, pharmaceutical supply chains have become more complex than ever. Vaccines are amongst some of the most highly sensitive pharmaceuticals, and their efficacy can be impacted by many environmental conditions.


The utilisation of Adapt Ideations' asset tracking solutions allows vital data to be gathered such as location, temperature, shock and light exposure. Overall, Adapt Ideations has assisted companies to ensure that their high-value and temperature-sensitive consignments are handled and stored correctly throughout the supply chain. This thereby ensures vaccines remain viable and damage and waste due to incorrect environmental conditions that vaccines are exposed to is minimised. 

 

Without the implementation of appropriate asset tracking and monitoring solutions, the efficacy of vaccines can rapidly deteriorate leaving them unviable for use. Our near real-time solutions collect vital data to ensure companies have visibility of their assets. Furthermore, when violations of set parameters occur, this results in notifications to ensure rapid and proactive action can be taken.


The temperature requirements for vaccines can variate therefore solutions must be able to monitor different temperature ranges. Adapt Ideations has assisted logistics providers to reduce and alleviate their challenges experienced and ensure vital data is collected on these assets to ensure compliance and regulations have been met. 

 

Follow & Track The Journey Through The Supply Chain.

Our innovative solutions feature unique capabilities that provide unparalleled insights into how vaccines are being handled and stored throughout the supply chain. Valuable data such as location and temperature are collected in near real-time and any parameter deviations result in instant alerts. The insights are incomparable to passive data loggers that rely on a trip first being completed and then inserting the USB to a computer to retrieve the data.


Near real-time solutions enables companies to enact data-driven business decisions and intervene as necessary when parameters are violated. As vaccines become an even greater high-value global commodity, actions taken to safeguard them must be automated. The near real-time capability of the solution also helps to simplify regulations and compliance measures in place. The data can be shared with clients to enable visibility of their moving assets. The data collected allows decisions to be backed by data and enable greater operational efficiency and asset intelligence to be developed. 

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Sustainability measures has become increasingly paramount in the pharmaceutical industry, especially as global demands continue to rise. The waste that results from unviable pharmaceuticals due to incorrect handling and storage throughout the supply chain in addition to single-use asset tracking devices has led to growing environmental concern. Our solutions also assist in reducing product damage and waste via the ability to take immediate action when alerts are received.


Near real-time data gathered through the devices ensure that companies can continually monitor their vital moving assets to ensure products are being handled and stored correctly throughout. The alerts communicated back to the company encourage proactive action to be taken in order to alleviate any challenges before they result in asset damage and waste. Digitalisation enables unparalleled access to vital data that benefits clients and stakeholders throughout the supply chain. With Adapt Ideations’ solutions, our clients can reap the advantages of digitalising their everyday asset management functions. 

 

In essence, Adapt Ideations aims to simplify the immense effort of distributing vaccines globally and more broadly other vital pharmaceuticals. Our role in the distribution of vaccines globally has led to vaccines remaining safe during transportation, has streamlined asset management and ensured viable vaccines only reach people’s arms. As companies look at ways to transform their operations, the digitalisation of supply chains is imperative for global success especially so for the pharmaceutical industry. 




What Is Required For An Asset Tracking Solution Designed To Monitor Pharmaceuticals? 


Vaccines have become some of the most valuable products globally, and their delivery relies on reliable and consistent monitoring solutions to be in place. With the use of our solutions, companies have taken advantage of our devices unique capabilities to optimise their supply chains. These innovative solutions are created for global supply chain networks to assist companies to protect valuable assets such as vaccines and meet industry certifications.


Adapt Ideations is known by their clients for the ability to develop innovative, purpose built IoT enabled solutions which assists companies to automate their everyday asset management functions. With innovation at the forefront of our solutions, Adapt Ideations is helping clients utilise advanced solutions to monitor and track distribution of vital vaccines to global markets. 


Reliable Data

Reliability is key for the distribution of all vaccines globally. An optimised supply chain ensures reliability and transparency throughout various touchpoints particularly distribution. For the distribution of vaccines, this is vital as the data collected on the products enables greater proactive measures to be taken to safeguard them. Digitalising the monitoring of vaccines reduces damage and waste of products, ensures liability of assets and simplifies compliance measures in place. Regulatory bodies globally have mandated transparency for all pharmaceutical products, as demonstrated by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act within the United States. Globally other nations have also put their own regulations in place to regulate the supply chain process to ensure pharmaceuticals and vaccines alike are being monitored throughout the supply chain. 

 

Near-Real Time Alerts

Asset tracking solutions that provide near real-time alerts and data are imperative for the successful digitalisation of the track and trace process of supply chains. One example of important measures in place for asset tracking solutions for the pharmaceutical industry is a device’s capability for offline storage of data in the case of network failure. This ensures that data is never lost, with conditions such as light & shock exposure along with temperature excursions proving to have a negative impact on pharmaceuticals. 

 

Connected Supply Chain Ecosystem

Adapt Ideations' solutions are disrupting industry standards and redefining digitalisation of everyday asset management functions. Our unique range of solutions enables a connected supply chain ecosystem. This in turn, has impacted the global distribution of vaccines by enhancing transparency throughout distribution. The World Health Organisation estimates that 50% of vaccines globally distributed are wasted, highlighting the dire need for greater monitoring processes. With the utilisation of Adapt Ideations' asset tracking solutions, companies can ensure vital data is collected on assets such as location, temperature, shock and light. With near real-time notifications for parameter deviations, companies can take proactive measures to ensure challenges are quickly addressed. 

 

Further, our solutions meet industry certification required to track pharmaceutical products. Adapt Ideations understands the importance of reusable solutions and the impact on sustainability. Our reusable solutions are helping decrease the amount of e-waste and carbon footprint compared to single-use solutions. Although we also offer single-use solutions to ensure that we can continue to meet client and industry needs based on their unique use cases. Reducing waste across the supply chain can be achieved through end-to-end visibility on assets, to ensure they remain viable and within appropriate environmental conditions.


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