Pharmaceutical distribution delivery constraints

In addition to knowledge of and compliance with good pharmaceutical distribution practices by all those involved, these are generally focused on the following issues:

  • Compliance with loading and delivery schedules
  • Deliver suitable bins, taking back empty bins or products that have expired, according to specifications
  • Management of keys and codes for access through airlocks at pharmacy closing times
  • Transport in temperature-controlled, single- or dual-temperature vehicles
  • Real-time warning of road hazards
  • Compliance with driving times and road transport regulations
  • Optimization of routes to minimize cost, duration and mileage, usually based on a set of specifications provided by the customer, including desired delivery times, drug availability time, estimated driving time, volumes and number of deliveries.

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Areas in which HK COURSES adds value for its pharmaceutical distribution customers:

  • HK COURSES eases the workload with its pharmaceutical transport, fleet management and personnel management services. Operations managers now have just one contact: HK COURSES.
  • HK COURSES, carrier and freight forwarder, will find the logistics solution best suited to the situation and its customers' expectations, based on the specifications. These recommendations can be implemented either by subcontractors or by the company's own fleet.
  • HK COURSES provides recruitment and training in the best practices of pharmaceutical distribution, and in the imperatives and processes involved, particularly in the management of codes, keys and airlocks, which are often the norm outside delivery point opening hours.
  • HK COURSES guarantees the proper execution of the transport assignment, and remains the sole point of contact before, during and after delivery.
  • HK COURSES offers solutions to help you save on transport costs.
  • HK COURSES is capable in the short term of deploying additional resources to avoid breakdowns in the event of incidents or unusual situations, as experienced during the COVID-19 containment.
  • HK COURSES adapts the nature of its resources to variations in the volumes requested, being able to provide a larger capacity vehicle if required. In the event of modification or cancellation of certain delivery rounds with adequate advance notice, a cost reduction may be granted.
  • HK COURSES can help position additional vehicles during peak periods and summer vacation periods, relieving its customers of the management of these sometimes complicated times.
  • HK COURSES can meet special requirements such as temperature control, thanks to a partnership with Petit Forestier, and has a good knowledge of ADR transport requirements.
  • HK COURSES works with a number of companies in the pharmaceutical distribution sector , scrupulously respecting the confidentiality of each customer's specific flows. HK COURSES also benefits from an infrastructure and experienced staff in other sectors, such as banking and industry, enabling us to offer innovative solutions.
  • HK COURSES, whose core business is urgent and express transport, offers its customers its on-call system, enabling them to always find an available contact who will answer your phone call 24/7.

Examples of solutions implemented by HK to meet its customers' needs:

For reasons of confidentiality, the names of these customers and any identifying details are not disclosed.

  • Daily temperature-controlled delivery rounds from the customer's regional depot to pharmacies, hospitals and wholesalers. HK drivers for 2 "Petit Forestier" vehicles transporting bi-temperature controlled goods, one in LV and the other in HGV, and carrying out 20 - 25 and 10 delivery points respectively every day.
  • For another customer a little further away from HK's operational bases, we have selected and manage subcontracted resources which, under the responsibility of HK's operators, make rounds twice a day to
    customers, mainly pharmacists. When necessary, and to save on delivery costs and meet sometimes simultaneous time slots, we are able to receive pharmaceutical products at a secure warehouse and ensure simultaneous delivery.
  • HK works from Monday to Saturday, delivering 2 times a day to end-consignees at fixed times, with generally one delivery before opening and another in the early afternoon. HK drivers, trained in pharmaceutical distribution best practices and in the particularities of delivery rounds, manage access codes, keys to open secure airlocks, instructions concerning bin returns...

HK COURSES is able to offer these dedicated pharmaceutical distribution services around the following agencies:

Mulhouse
Parc de la Mer Rouge
68200 MULHOUSE
Tel: +33 (0)3 89 36 9000
Fax: +33 (0)3 89 36 90 01
contact@hkcourses.fr

Pau
23 rue du Bruscos
64230 PAU
Tel: +33 (0)5 59 33 9000
Fax: +33 (0)5 59 33 31 50
affretement64@hkcourses.fr

Phalsbourg
Z.I. Maisons Rouges
57370 PHALSBOURG
Tel: +33 (0)3 87 23 9000
Fax: +33 (0)3 87 03 88 80
contact@hkcourses.fr

Paris Region
Parc de Courcerin
77185 Lognes
Tel: +33 (0)1 64 80 9000
contact@hkcourses.fr