As the U.S. enters the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the great news is that vaccination programs are now in Phase 2 in most states across the country. Pharmacies, supersites, clinics, hospitals, and community centers are all working overtime to inoculate the population at large and return our lives back to a sense of normalcy. From a business perspective, here at SmartSense, we approached the pandemic as a...

Written by SmartSense | March 26, 2021 | Pharmacy Safety, Supply Chain, vaccines, pharmacies, Coronavirus

Please visit the CDC website for information on when you will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. 

As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps over the country from coast to coast, the recent news from Pfizer and Moderna of a successful vaccine candidate is the good news we’ve all been waiting to hear. When the pharmaceutical companies get final FDA approval, they will face two enormous challenges:...

Written by SmartSense | November 30, 2020 | COVID-19, vaccines, pharmacies, Coronavirus

COVID-19 has been devastating, and it appears to be far from over. As a pandemic, it’s likely one of the most adverse events of our lifetime. Around the globe, from Italy to Spain, France, major cities in the United States, and multiple Asian regions of the Pacific Rim, communities have been shut down hard.

Written by SmartSense | May 5, 2020 | Pharmacy Safety, Food Safety, Connected Facility, Supply Chain, COVID-19, Conoravirus

The traditional definition of “perishable foods” has been revised over the years to reflect scientific and technological developments. “Perishable foods” broadly emphasizes the idea that food such as raw meat or produce eventually spoils, but without any connotation regarding safety. Once the number and severity of food recalls due to foodborne illness became more common as a public health issue, perishable foods...

Written by SmartSense | April 28, 2020 | Food Safety, HACCP

A challenge that has faced the immunizations market has been not only the availability of vaccines, but transporting them to middle and lower-income nations. The cold chain to support transportation and storage has not been developed enough.

Written by SmartSense | April 23, 2020 | Pharmacy Safety, Supply Chain

The Internet of Things (IoT) is moving well up the adoption curve, with many industrial firms in multiple sectors implementing and using IoT in a lot of ways. Bain Consulting expects IoT to be prosperous well into the 2020’s. They predict a $200 billion dollar market, with industrial users accounting for just under a third of that amount.

Written by SmartSense | April 15, 2020 | Supply Chain