2. Bayer HealthCare Worldwide
Supply 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
3. 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.
4. Supply/value chain
Finished good
warehouses
formulating and
Active ingredient
packaging
manufacture Cold supply chain activities
Berlin, Leverkusen and Weimar,
(Wuppertal and Bergkamen), Germany;
Germany Garbagnate, Italy;
(Berkeley and Emeryville, Beijing, China;
California,) United States. São Paulo, Brazil;
Turku, Finland; and
various other sites in Europe,
Asia and Latin America
5. 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.
6. Cont..
• 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.
Editor's Notes
Step 1: Chemical or biotechnological production of the active ingredients.Step 2:Processing (formulation) the active ingredients into finished drugs. Active ingredients can be formulated for administration in solid form as tablets or powders, for example, or in a semi-solid form as ointments and creams. Infusions or injections are liquid forms of administration. Our hormonal contraceptives are supplied as sugar- or film-coated tablets or used in intrauterine systems (coils), for example. In addition to drug products for humans and animals, medical devices for diagnosis and therapy are produced in the United States of America.Step 3: Packaging
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. Take Aspirin, for example: it is marketed in various different forms of administration containing varying amounts of the active ingredient. In addition, there are different package sizes, and the packs have to be labeled in the languages of many different countries. Delivering the right product in the right packaging to the right country is a major logistical task, and it can only function with reliable logistical systems and a high level of commitment on the part of the staff.
Our active ingredients for prescription medicines are manufactured primarily at the sites in Wuppertal and Bergkamen, Germany, and Berkeley and Emeryville, California, United States. These formulating and packaging activities take place in Berlin, Leverkusen and Weimar, Germany; Garbagnate, Italy; Beijing, China; São Paulo, Brazil; Turku, Finland; and various other sites in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
