Supply chain disruptions of packaging materials, folding cartons, boxes, components and more can deal severe blows to pharmaceutical, medical device and other healthcare companies. Prioritizing packaging suppliers with multiple locations helps you maintain supply chain continuity.
Don’t Risk Grinding Your Supply Chain to a Halt
Healthcare companies rely on timely delivery and product integrity. Relying on a single-source packaging supplier poses a substantial risk from many disruptions, including:
- Natural disasters
- Public health emergencies
- Labor shortages
- Capacity issues
- Equipment failures
- Regulatory shutdowns or product recalls
These disruptions can lead to delayed product launches, stockouts and compliance risks. Interruptions in the flow of production can even jeopardize patient safety.
Multiple Locations, Infinite Advantages
Redundant packaging vendors with multiple, strategically located facilities offer several critical advantages:
- Built-in Backup Plans
- Is one facility experiencing a hiccup? Another location should be waiting in the wings to seamlessly take over production. Redundancy is the key to safeguarding your workflows.
- Speed and Efficiency
- Geographically diverse sites can reduce lead times and shipping costs.
- Flexibility
- Multi-site packaging solutions have the flexibility to scale production to meet sudden increases in demand.
- Disaster Preparedness
- If a snowstorm, hurricane or other natural disaster disrupts one facility, a network ensures production can shift seamlessly to another location.
Streamlined Qualification Through Anchor Audits
Qualifying a packaging vendor is a rigorous process, but it can be smoother – even with a multi-location supplier.
An expert packaging supplier with multiple facilities should be prepared to manage simultaneous audits. An anchor audit approach streamlines qualification and ensures consistent quality standards, procedures and regulatory compliance across all locations. This consistency is critical for your peace of mind and your company’s reputation.
RLG Healthcare’s Unparalleled Commitment to Supply Chain Resilience
Not every packaging supplier has a network of locations. RLG Healthcare does.
With multiple facilities across the US including — New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Utah and California — you benefit from reduced lead times, lower shipping costs and a resilient supply chain ready to handle unexpected disruptions.
Our commitment to quality is reinforced by the preparedness of each of our facilities to be audited simultaneously. Each location follows enterprise-wide quality standards to ensure dependable results. We also support you throughout the audit process and provide flexible on-site or virtual options.
Backups and redundancies are a strategic advantage in healthcare supply chains. With RLG Healthcare, your supply chain is backed by a resilient, multi-location network designed to keep your products moving and protect your reputation.
