dhl supply chain 是美洲合同物流领域的，隶属于德国邮政 dhl 集团，已承担 avanos medical美国网络的物流管理职责。avanos medical,inc.（纽约所代码：ns）是一家医疗设备公司，提供临床的解决方案，以提高生活质量并帮助患者恢复健康。
通往新网络的道路始于 2018 年，当时 avanos 开始转型为一家纯粹的医疗器械公司。avanos凭借其久经考验的医疗保健经验、的运营以及通过持续改进文化创新的记录，在 dhl supply chain（生命科学与医疗保健行业的3pl）中找到了理想的合作伙伴。dhl supply chain 能够优化网络并快速部署经过验证的提高生产力的技术，这使 avanos能够实现更高的生产力，并限度地提高各种医疗设备的仓库存储利用率。
dhl 的解决方案利用了位于内华达州拉斯维加斯的 65,000 平方英尺的现有多客户设施和位于密西西比州 southaven的 129,000 平方英尺的新专用站点。新站点满足医疗设备的严格质量保证和监管要求，包括正式许可和温度控制的存储。avanos2019 年战略的关键是，必须压缩和加速实施时间表，以避免与并行的全球 erp实施发生潜在冲突。两个站点都在八周内实施，比计划提前了近四个月。
avanos medical, inc. 供应链副总裁 joe vidricksen说：“这只能通过我们公司之间建立的密切运营合作伙伴关系实现。我们与 dhl supply chain合作是因为他们已经证明有能力提供更高的效率和成本我们供应链中的确定性和增强的客户服务。通过他们的网络和流程设计知识，我们能够部署多种新兴技术，帮助我们做我们真正关心的事情，为我们的客户及其患者提供挽救生命的产品。dhlsupply chain 和 avanos 为第三方物流和医疗器械公司之间的合作伙伴关系树立了biaogan。”
“我们在为生命科学和医疗保健客户实施解决方案方面的丰富经验以及与新兴技术提供商的合作伙伴关系使我们处于独特的地位，可以快速向我们的客户提供经过验证的、提高生产力的解决方案和数据驱动的洞察力，”总裁scott cubbler 说。 dhl supply chain的生命科学与医疗保健。“我们很高兴能够通过我们的创新存储解决方案和视觉辅助拣选技术帮助 avanos提供始终如一的高客户服务水平和前所未有的效率。这些解决方案限度地提高了配送足迹的可用容量，促进了增长，并在确保准确性的加快了拣选流程。”
dhl supply chain, the americas leader in contract logisticsand part of deutsche post dhl group, has assumed logisticsmanagement responsibilities for avanos medical’s u.s. distributionnetwork. avanos medical, inc. (nyse: ns) is a medical devicecompany delivering clinically superior solutions that improvequality of life and help patients get back to the things thatmatter.
the road to a new distribution network began in 2018, whenavanos began its transformation into a pure-play medical devicecompany. avanos found its ideal partner in dhl supply chain, thelargest 3pl to the life science & healthcare industry, with itsproven healthcare experience, unmatched operational excellence, andtrack record of leading innovation through a culture of continuousimprovement. dhl supply chain’s ability to optimize the network anddeploy proven, productivity-enhancing technology quickly hasallowed avanos to achieve greater productivity and maximizewarehouse storage utilization for a wide range of medicaldevices.
dhl’s solution leveraged 65,000 square feet of an existingmulti-client facility in las vegas, nev. and a new129,000-square-foot dedicated site in southaven, miss. the newsites meet the strict quality assurance and regulatory requirementsof medical devices to include duly licensed andtemperature-controlled storage. key to avanos’ 2019 strategy, acompressed and accelerated implementation schedule was necessary toavoid potential conflicts with a parallel global erpimplementation. both sites were implemented within eight weeks ofeach other and nearly four months ahead of schedule.
“this was only possible through the close operatingpartnership that has developed between our companies” said joevidricksen, vice president of supply chain for avanos medical, inc.“we partnered with dhl supply chain because of their proven abilityto provide greater efficiency, cost certainty, and enhancedcustomer service across our supply chain. through their network andprocess design expertise, we are able to deploy several new andemerging technologies, which help us do what we really care about,providing life-saving products to our customers and their patients.dhl supply chain and avanos have set a benchmark for partnershipsbetween third-party logistics and medical device companies.”
“our extensive experience in implementing solutions for lifescience & healthcare customers and partnerships with emergingtechnology providers put us in a unique position to quickly deliverproven, productivity-enhancing solutions and data-driven insight toour customers,” said scott cubbler, president of life sciences &healthcare at dhl supply chain. “we are excited to help avanosdeliver consistently high customer service levels and unprecedentedefficiency through our innovative storage solution andvision-assisted picking technology. these solutions maximize theavailable capacity of the distribution footprint, enable growth,and speed up the picking process while ensuring accuracy.”