Ortho Clinical Diagnostics’ selects KN partner to manage its temperature-controlled supply chain

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, one of the world’s leading providers of in vitro diagnostic products and services, has awarded an exclusive six-year contract to Kuehne + Nagel to manage its complex cold and temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution requirements in the United States. As part of an ongoing supply chain transformation, the company sought to align itself with a logistics provider to help support its significant growth in the in vitro diagnostics market.
Our decision to collaborate with Kuehne + Nagel is highly important as we need a partner with demonstrated capability managing high volume cold chain distribution operations and who understands the strict regulatory rules and logistics challenges of our industry”, says Robert Yates, Chief Operating Officer of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics.
Kuehne + Nagel’s Contract Logistics solutions for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics will include a GxP compliant infrastructure and IT capabilities to manage its inventory and distribution. The company also manages Ortho Clinical Diagnostics’ cold chain transportation, both domestically and internationally.
Kuehne + Nagel added 12,000 square meters of warehousing space to its Memphis, TN, facility, which already had 19,000 square meters of warehouse capacity mostly dedicated to life sciences. The new space includes 3,400 square meters for 2-8°C service, 2,300 square meters for -25°C cryogenic service, 4,000 square meters for controlled-ambient warehousing conditions, and an additional 1,800 square meters packaging operations.
The Kuehne + Nagel Memphis operation is considered to be one of the largest cold chain logistics premises ever designed by a third party logistics provider on behalf of a specific client. The facility is highly automated, fully licensed and accredited, maintaining GxP-compliant and Verified-Accredited Wholesale Distributors (VAWD) standards to provide compliant cold-chain storage and handling.
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