Supply chain

Bayer HealthCare WorldwideSupply Chain

• Bayer HealthCare is a globally operating company with sites on all five continents. – Approximately 55,700 people work for the Bayer

subgroup in more than 100 countries at all stages of the value-added chain

• 3 Step Process involved in supply chain– Step 1: Chemical or biotechnological production of the

active ingredients.– Step 2:Processing (formulation) the active ingredients

into finished drugs..– Step 3: Packaging

One active ingredient – many products

• Product Supply provides Bayer HealthCare with over 20,000 articles.

• This number is so high because of the different forms of presentation of the individual products and their packaging.

• Delivering the right product in the right packaging to the right country is a major logistical task and req:-– reliable logistical systems – high level of commitment on the part of the staff.

Supply/value chain

Active ingredientmanufacture

formulating and packaging activities

(Wuppertal and Bergkamen), Germany(Berkeley and Emeryville, California,) United States.

Berlin, Leverkusen and Weimar, Germany; Garbagnate, Italy; Beijing, China; São Paulo, Brazil; Turku, Finland; and various other sites in Europe, Asia and Latin America

Cold supply chain

Finished good warehouses

Uti, international freight forwarder

Cold supply chain partners• Bayer teamed up with Envirotainer for a global shipping

solution– (Knistva, Sweden), a specialist in active temperature-controlled

air transportation solutions.– Shipments using the jointly developed I-box have provided

excellent flatline results in the 2°C to 8°C range.• For domestic shipping solution teamed up with Skelton

Truck Lines,– to design, test and qualify trailers for frozen and refrigerated

conditions.– first carriers to link temperature monitors and controls inside

the trailer with an in-cab alarm system that notifies drivers of sudden changes in temperature.

– Temperature data can be downloaded and printed upon request, and the system has a backup unit.

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• For international shipments, teamed up with Uti, an international freight forwarder. – UTi acted as a broker and logistics facilitator to

make sure the shipping was handled efficiently and according to guidelines.