FORPATIENTS: Medical Logistics Solution

Introducing CEVA Logistics Temperature Sensitive Solution, a strategic solution supported by our parent company CMA CGM Group providing you with a global solution to ensure your temperature-sensitive shipments maintain their required temperatures throughout the entire journey.

Our temperature-controlled airfreight stations sit across our global network in more than 40 strategic locations, service major healthcare gateways in regional markets, and supply across our global network more than 1450 healthcare trade lanes globally.

We provide you with a broad range of shipments in conjunction with temperature-sensitive packing solutions, including active and passive packaging and out of gauge goods. In some locations, we provide control and project logistics services.

As part of our product offerings, we will provide you with leading visibility and monitoring solutions for real-time decisions through embedded location and temperature IoT devices and our award-winning Matrix® supply chain management tool, as well as its global control tower technology for 24/7 shipment monitoring.

We will focus our efforts on the 2 - 8 degrees celsius spectrum of products, including certain COVID-19 vaccines, although we support you with other products, including vaccines requiring lower temperatures throughout transport.

We provide end to end cold chain and non-cold chain solutions, through warehousing and distribution, across all transportation modes, road, rail, air and ocean.

• Security - valuable and sensitive Pharma and BioPharma products required the highest security solutions across Freight Management and Contract Logistics services and solutions, and we can manage all your pharma logistics needs securely.

• Quality - Our Quality Assurance and Quality Control units run as two performance-driven organizations utilizing a single QMS system globally, providing you with the highest standards of service.

• Pharma Temperature Control - We operate specialist pharma warehouses and temperature-controlled facilities at strategic locations worldwide, including  Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

• Customs - Keeping your Pharma and BioPharma supply chains running is essential. We provide you with complete Customs Brokerage management and solutions to ensure your products can move cross-border without delays.

• Packaging Management - We also provide a full spectrum of active and passive packaging options, including Out of gauge and Dangerous Goods and can develop patient-centric logistics solutions bespoke to your needs.

• Direct to patient Home Care Solutions for your pharma and biopharma products in selected markets.

• Compliance - Critical in healthcare industries, and we are fully compliant and can provide GDP and GMP services.

• Process - Our processes are ISO compliant and operate to ISO norms in every locality, and address FMD and Serialization requirements.

All classes of small and large Medical devices, and equipment including diagnostic imaging, disability & mobility aids – – we cover them all.

At CEVA Logistics, we provide a wealth of experience in managing medical and device supply chains worldwide.

We manage the world’s largest medical device warehouse in Heerlen, Netherlands and 20 of the top 30 medical device manufacturers in the world choose our specialist supply chain services for their products.

• Regulatory requirements – We follow MDD (Medical Device Directive), MDR (Medical Device Regulations) regulatory requirements, and our WMS - Our (WMS) Warehouse Management Systems are designed to meet all the latest medical device regulations.

• If using Ethylene Oxide (EtO) to sterilize some single-use medical devices. Our teams are fully-versed in pre/post product logistics and have broad experience of EtO processes.

• Kit and Stock management - An essential part of healthcare inventory is the effective logistics control of loner, trunk consignment stock. The management of which requires timely delivery to the required location and the supplier’s safe return.

• Class I, II and III  - We operate across all Medical Devices classes including dental, vision and hearing products. Classes served include:
  • Class I and II: Non-durable medical supplies, including disposables - gloves, incontinence products, syringes, urine bags, catheters, collection devices, wound care, ostomy care, vision care (contact lenses), dental care (braces) and hearing aids.
  • Class III: Cardiovascular implants (such as pacemakers, CRT-D), orthopedic implants (such as knee/hip joint replacements), and dental and hearing implants.

• Apparatus, implants and related articles used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease.

• Dedicated special services for hospitals, near home clinics and healthcare at home
• Personalized Patient-Centric therapies are the future of healthcare services – globally.
• Tele-health and homecare are a fast-evolving new reality, and everything comes together where the patient is, at the hospital, near home clinic or GP surgery, or home.
• What was happening in hospitals is moving to closer to the patient’s home, and hospitals are seeing an increasing need to cater to home healthcare services, typically for patients with chronic diseases.
• Direct-to-patient and direct-to-hospital will be the new global reality. It’s already happening and will continue to advance.

Delivering what the patient orders where the patient needs it

CEVA Logistics has extensive experience in the eCommerce logistics field; we have taken our valuable knowledge and developed specialist compliant eCommerce and Omnichannel services for healthcare industries, including Pharma, Medical, Medical Devices, Diagnostic and Consumer health.

• OTC drugs, medical devices (e.g. Diabetes), and home diagnostics are evolving to eCommerce and Omnichannel platforms and must comply fully with GDP regulatory requirements.
• Our services, solutions and systems are designed to help our customers seamlessly move from tradition pharmacy shopping to eCommerce and Omnichannel fulfilment.Complete visibility 24/7 available through our control tower network.
• Consolidation hub facilities to reduce city storage and transportation.
• Last-mile delivery services to end customer location.
• Value-added service includes repacking, return and transportation management.
• IT integration systems and interfaces

CEVA manages an array of “last-mile” services for patients and understands the requirement for last-mile capability alongside quality requirements. Our focus is always the patient, and we build our solutions with you for your patients. 

CEVA HealthNet in the UK delivers last-mile specialist logistics support.

This includes:

• Patient home delivery of nutritional feed and ancillaries
• Across the threshold services including room of choice
• Storage and distribution of registered medical devices
• Deliveries to hospitals NHS, private hospitals and clinics
• MHRA accredited sites including temperature monitoring
• GDP compliant network, DBS enhanced check drivers
• Supplier consolidation
• Cross-dock and delivery
• Full track and trace.
   

We also serve hospitals where support for inpatient care is essential.

Management of stock: in-house (inside hospitals)

Ground network utilizing carrier network and own vehicles including sustainable electric vehicle options (especially useful for inner cities and for Hospitals in low emission zone areas)

Products:

• Drugs
• Disposable
• Stationery
• Linens
• housekeeping materials
• Direct to Hospital deliveries
• Logistics support to clinical trials.
   

Dependable logistics services and solutions for delicate samples and laboratory materials.

Diagnostics has a profound impact within healthcare industries and is at the forefront of medical innovation and provides insights into your patients' healthcare outcomes.

• Diagnostics and labs are continually changing, and our expert teams can meet all requirements of this changing and evolving business. When you require flexibility to manage complex order fulfilment, temperature-controlled warehousing distribution and transportation, we can provide robust and compliant solutions.

• Diagnostics account for high volumes of testing with IVDR (In-Vitro Diagnostics Regulations), giving critical information for your patients at every stage of their care. CEVA adapts to your changing needs and can offer customized services to meet your unique requirements while providing easy access to global markets. Our teams have full knowledge of the regulatory market, including IVDR, to ensure full compliance. 

• CEVA Logistics specialist teams have experience managing every product type, including Re-agents, Consumables, Kits (involving re-agents and consumables), analytical instruments and devices, and accessory products and software.