UPS Healthcare announces next-generation in Premier product line

UPS Healthcare recently announced a market expansion and the next generation in the UPS Premier product line. The UPS Premier service portfolio provides three-level flexibility to meet healthcare customers’ unique needs, a company statement said.

UPS Premier monitors packages at all times, creating visibility and prioritisation for each shipment. In addition, sensor technology enables real-time recovery of UPS Premier shipments if they encounter network delays, temperature deviations, or other issues, the statement added.

It also said that UPS Premier Silver and Gold are now available in major markets around the world. UPS Premier Platinum adds the ability to monitor temperature, light and humidity while tracking shipments in and out of the UPS network. UPS Premier Platinum will be available this fall.

“The expansion and enhancement of UPS Premier supports the complex needs of our laboratory, medical and pharmaceutical customers around the world. Whether efficiently moving healthcare products between countries, maintaining negative 80-degree temperatures or locating life-saving shipments with precision, UPS Premier provides industry-leading visibility, control, reliability and recovery,” said Kate Gutmann, EVP and President International, Healthcare and Supply Chain Solutions, in the statement.

This service connects major global trade lanes, and is now expanding geographically. These new offerings provide customers even more benefits, including efficient customs brokerage, environmental monitoring and visibility to meet the challenges of global healthcare logistics leaders.

Innovations in biologics, specialty pharma and medications genetically personalised for each patient’s needs are driving significant demand for precision logistics to support more patient-critical, time and temperature-sensitive products, according to the statement.

UPS Healthcare has added these new UPS Premier capabilities to support the complex needs of this growing market,  the statement mentioned.

Upgrades and global expansion provide additional control, visibility, reliability and recovery for patient-critical, time-and temperature-sensitive products, the statement concluded.