TNT was voted by customers as the “Best Life Science Logistics Service Provider” at the 2011BioPharma Excellence Awards in Singapore.
The BioPharma Excellence Awards, held in conjunction with the 4th Annual BioPharma AsiaConvention 2011, recognise the commitment of companies to improving service excellence in the fieldof life science within Asia.
Michael Drake, Regional Managing Director of TNT Asia Pacific said, “It is a great honour andachievement for TNT to be voted by customers as the best life science logistics service partner.This is a strong vote of confidence in TNT. Our dedicated and experienced healthcare supply chainteam has gone beyond being just a provider to become a true value-added partner to our customers’business.”
TNT’s solutions for the healthcare industry include a suite of services that support drugdiscovery, clinical trials and product development to the regional and global distribution andstorage of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and diagnostics. By providing end-to-end supplymanagement solutions, TNT’s healthcare regional distribution approach eliminates the need forclients to maintain multiple warehouses in various locations, resulting in several benefits such asreduced inventory holding costs and improved customer satisfaction.
TNT’s Life Sciences Express Hub in Singapore is the nerve centre of TNT’s healthcare regionaldistribution and cold chain management solution. TNT enables healthcare companies to base theirlogistics hub in Singapore and leverage on its extensive air and road network to reach theircustomers in the region within committed delivery times.
A healthcare industry case study by TNT in the medtech arena show that TNT’s customized supplychain solutions shortened delivery times by more than eight times. This was achieved through thecentralisation of the company’s inventory in TNT’s Singapore Life Sciences Express Hub. Theproducts were then distributed to 13 countries (in the Asia Pacific region) by a combination ofTNT’s air and road network.
In 2009, TNT became the first express integrator in Singapore to receive the GoodDistribution Practice for Medical Device (GDPMDS) accreditation. Awarded by the Health SciencesAuthority (HSA), this certification recognises the compliant quality standards of TNT’s healthcareservice solutions.
TNT said it remains committed to developing their healthcare portfolio and is continuouslyinnovating to ensure customer satisfaction.
