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Complete healthcare supply chain management
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Global healthcare logistics with local expertise
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Dedicated healthcare distribution, couriers, and delivery
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Healthcare compliance and control at every step
Complete healthcare supply chain management
GEODIS provides comprehensive healthcare supply chain management across suppliers, providers, and patients. You'll benefit from medical logistics solutions, including international freight forwarding, healthcare transportation, secure warehousing, high-quality fulfillment, and fast delivery. You can expect:
- Complete healthcare logistics solutions, from end-to-end management through to customized individual services
- Seamless integration with your people, processes, and technology for complete medical visibility and control
- Access to deeply established healthcare networks, both around the globe and across regional and local hubs
- Healthcare logistics management for suppliers, manufacturers, vendors, providers, hospitals, and patients
- Storage, handling, and fulfillment for pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, samples, medical devices, and more
- Deep expertise and 30+ years of experience in final-mile medical logistics
80
%
of the top five healthcare companies trust GEODIS with their logistics
Global healthcare logistics with local expertise
GEODIS offers global healthcare logistics so you can get the most out of your worldwide medical supply chains. We use our global experience and local knowledge to collaborate with U.S. ports of entry, USCBP, and other partners. Here's what you can expect when you work with GEODIS on your healthcare freight forwarding:
- Optimal pricing for medical freight forwarding, both to and from the U.S. and around the world
- Expert foreign trade services to help you make the most of international trade agreements, tariff engineering, and more
- Complete medical customs brokerage, including customs clearance, customs compliance, declarations, and foreign trade documents
- Worldwide, end-to-end tracking, monitoring, and control for medical shipments and healthcare products
- Cost reductions through duty drawback, consolidated shipping, and temporary import
- Networking with local USCBP officials through our extensive on-site presence across US ports of entry
- 900+ customs brokerage experts around the world
+
150
countries
where GEODIS operates
Dedicated healthcare distribution, couriers, and delivery
GEODIS strengthens your final-mile healthcare delivery services with medical CSafe storage and distribution, comprehensive courier services, and specialized delivery for the most demanding needs. We put patients and providers front and center when it matters most. Here's how our last-mile healthcare services can help you:
- Safe, secure, and environmentally controlled CSafe healthcare storage to keep your medical products in perfect condition
- Complete healthcare fulfillment services, including storage, transportation, and distribution to the end customer
- Dedicated medical courier services for STAT/emergency pickup and delivery, intra- and inter-hospital logistics, lab specimens, and clinical trials
- Specialized healthcare delivery services, including cold chain, pharma residential delivery, and drop-offs to nursing homes and long-term care facilities
- Complete integration with your business, including a full range of patient-centric healthcare distribution services that you can trust
- Industry-leading service level agreements and KPIs for healthcare delivery with 24x7x365 tracking and performance metrics
+
30
years
of experience in final-mile healthcare logistics
Healthcare compliance and control at every step
GEODIS complies with all medical and healthcare regulations throughout our logistics operations. We provide a centralized control tower to track, monitor, and control every aspect of your medical logistics. The standards and regulations we're certified for include:
- ISO 9001:2015 - Quality management systems
- ISO 13485:2016 - Medical devices - Quality management systems
- ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems
- ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational health and safety management systems
- Good Manufacturing Practices / Good Distribution Practices (GMP / GDP) for pharmaceuticals
- National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) Drug Distributor Accreditation
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug or device repackaging and relabeling registration
- State medical device / pharmaceutical licenses - we are certified in every state that requires licensing
Healthcare final-mile services
Medical supply chain services
Frequently asked questions about medical logistics
Healthcare logistics is the transport, storage, distribution, and management of clinical and medical goods throughout the supply chain. Healthcare logistics services specialize in getting these products to providers and patients in a fast, secure, and compliant way.
Yes, GEODIS offers local, regional, national, and international networks for healthcare logistics. We provide customs clearance, cross-border shipments, and end-to-end logistics services to optimize healthcare shipments across the entire global supply chain.
Healthcare products include medicines, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, clinical supplies, diagnostic samples, personal protective equipment, clinical trial products, and more. These products are often sensitive and must remain viable, so medical logistics providers specialize in managing urgent, hazardous, fragile, or temperature / humidity-sensitive goods.
Typically, a temperature- and humidity-controlled vehicle is used to transport medicines and pharmaceutical products. These goods are constantly tracked and checked to meet quality and compliance regulations.
GEODIS provides temperature-controlled storage, dedicated medical couriers, STAT/emergency pickup and delivery, and specialized services for clinical trials and lab specimens.
Digitization is critical to strong healthcare logistics management. State-of-the-art engineering, analytical, and IT tools can be used to optimize logistics across the medical supply chain. Technology can automate tracking and medical inventory, quickly react to supply chain disruptions, and improve transportation and warehousing efficiency.
GEODIS maintains certifications such as ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016, and Good Manufacturing / Distribution Practices (GMP/GDP) for pharmaceuticals. We also hold necessary state licenses and FDA registrations to ensure full compliance with healthcare regulations.
GEODIS uses advanced tracking and control tower systems to provide complete visibility of healthcare product flows throughout the supply chain. This includes 24x7x365 information on overall shipments down to individual SKUs and products.
More than ever, the healthcare supply chain must adapt to changing trends. Reliability and resilience are central to your time-sensitive medical products. Some of the main healthcare logistics challenges are:
- Fast, optimized deliveries to improve healthcare outcomes for patients
- Increasingly complex medical supply chain issues that need greater flexibility
- Changing compliance and quality regulations across regions and countries to ensure product integrity
- Getting access to real-time information throughout your product’s journey
- Even greater focus on patients resulting in more personalized and virtual medicine