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In this case study, Hongke ELPRO helped the client
● implement a temperature monitoring solution to obtain data across countries and various modes of transportation in a consistent data structure; ●
significantly improve the temperature data by uploading it to its database management system Its efficiency;
● Establishes a basis for value-added use of data for future management decisions.
Project Partner
ZuelligPharma
ZuelligPharma is one of Asia's largest healthcare services groups, a US$15 billion enterprise covering 13 markets with more than 13,000 employees. The company serves more than 500 clients at more than 350,000 healthcare facilities, including the world's top 20 pharmaceutical companies.
The Basics
Businesses continue to generate data for nearly every action they take. This data helps to continuously improve and optimize processes. This data, together with external data such as temperature monitoring data, can form the basis of simulation processes and predictive lane analysis to determine optimal transport routes and transport scenarios.
Data is a valuable decision-making tool.
For this purpose, data in various formats from different third-party sources must be integrated into a single database. In this way, data can be combined, analyzed and visualized in an appropriate way to become a valuable decision-making tool for the future. This task is a huge challenge for many companies because their existing data is often not in a usable format or lacks certain details. This significantly affects the data evaluation process and sometimes requires extensive manual work.
Challenge
In 2015, ZuelligPharma evaluated its monitoring equipment for use in 11 markets. Due to different monitoring requirements in warehouses and shipping, the company found a total of 6,000 devices in use, including 32 different models from nine different suppliers. Since the configuration of data loggers varies by country, market and function and is done manually, there is no uniform data structure. Furthermore, the data were not included in a central database and therefore could not be analyzed.
“ELPRO provided us with the hardware and software solutions we had been looking for to prepare us for better data management. We were impressed with their ability to listen to our needs and then tailor a specific solution for us software solutions. We greatly appreciate the open dialogue about available solutions, our specific needs, and future development projects for ELPRO.” — JOHNNY TEO, Senior
Manager, Regional Quality and Project Management
ZUELLIG PHARMA
Targets
In 2020, ZuelligPharma will engage with eight potential suppliers to seek solutions to achieve the following objectives:
● Introduce a GDP-compliant brand of data loggers for all business units and countries to collect data with consistent, appropriate data structures and relevant parameters for efficient analysis .
● Capture data across countries and transit corridors for more effective risk management during delivery.
● Establish strategic partnerships to develop temperature monitoring and data management solutions (i.e. automatically upload data to a proprietary database) to prepare for future data analytics, such as predictive lane analysis and risk analysis.
● Save costs by using standardized types of data loggers.
Requirements
Zuellig Pharma required a traditional USB data logger and a Bluetooth data logger to more efficiently capture data without opening the shipping container. Real-time alarm data loggers, as a complementary solution for biologics and vaccine shipments, were also initially part of the discussions but were not implemented during the project.
The temperature data of the data logger should be automatically detected through the USB port or a dedicated file directory and automatically uploaded to the designated storage location of the central database (SAP/HANA).
Linking shipping information from SAP/ERP to temperature configuration settings should be done during data logger configuration. 
ZuelligPharma on-site transport preparation and truck loading to transport pharmaceutical products
“ELPRO convinced us that they shared our interest in developing a strategic relationship. They were very willing to provide input on how future developments could meet our service requirements”.
——BRETT MARSHALL, Head of Quality Assurance
ZUELLIG PHARMA
Compatibility
Hongke ELPRO can provide equipment that meets all specifications of the first two types of data loggers. But most importantly, the company has the necessary capabilities to help ZuelligPharma improve its data management.
Industry-specific knowledge and experience
Hongke ELPRO has successfully completed many projects in the pharmaceutical industry and has extensive experience and in-depth understanding of GDP compliance and the special requirements of regulated industries.
Efforts to build successful partnerships
ELPRO expressed a strong interest in developing strategic partnerships and a high willingness to listen and respond to Zuellig Pharma's needs and tailor existing solutions to the company's specific requirements. Both sides appreciated the open culture of discussion and lively exchange of ideas that led to a cost-effective solution.
Methods
Experts from ELPRO and representatives from various departments of Zuellig Pharma jointly organized technical workshops to discuss all relevant needs and ideas. Through this in-depth exchange of ideas and joint brainstorming of solutions, processes were improved many times and challenges within the project were overcome.
Zuellig Pharma appreciates ELPRO's approach of listening carefully to understand its needs, drawing on its comprehensive expertise to come up with initial ideas, validating them and then customizing them if necessary. ELPRO is the partner that Zuellig Pharma has been looking for to identify possible solutions based on existing technologies.
Solution
Hongke LIBEROCx data logger was configured on site. libero CONFIG and SmartStart enable users of sending sites to create and apply the correct configuration files for each data logger and to preset different profiles for various shipments. This allows data input to be controlled in a targeted manner to improve subsequent data analysis.
During transport, the LIBERO Cx data logger reliably records temperature and humidity data.
At the destination, the data logger can read the data via USB or Bluetooth functionality. For this purpose, Zuellig Pharma uses the LIBERO C x BLE smartphone app. Bluetooth functionality is important for domestic and international shipments, allowing users to check the temperature inside a shipping container during transit without having to open it. 
Hongke ELPRO realizes automatic detection of temperature data at the destination through the highly customized elproASSISTANT software. It can automatically search for new LIBERO data files in a USB port or a specific folder and upload them to the company's FTP server.
On this basis, the relevant data of the LIBERO PDF files are exported by elproASSISTANT in a standardized format and sent to the company database (SAPHANA).
The data can then be exported to Zuellig Pharma's preferred data visualization tool for data analysis.
ZuelligPharma also uses the elproVIEWER analysis tool for product evaluation, which is also suitable for evaluating and commenting on LIBERO PDF reports.
Results
Zuellig Pharma successfully reduced the number of suppliers from eight to three. By aggregating the number of data loggers, significant cost savings have been achieved. Across different countries and different shipping modes, the data collected now has a consistent data structure and can be efficiently uploaded to SAP/HANA and then used for data analysis and risk management.
"For us at ELPRO, the most important thing has always been to help customers focus on their core competencies. Customers who are willing to share their ideas candidly and allow us to adapt solutions to their needs are the key to successful cooperation. Zuellig Pharma is such a customer." Thanks to the close cooperation with the team, we are able to help them improve their operations and achieve their goals.”
——YUENLING CHOO, ELPRO Asia Pacific Sales Director
LIBERO CL The data logger is packaged with the product to monitor the transportation process. Data is read via Bluetooth® and can be easily operated in the field without opening the transport case.
Looking
Ahead As a next step, Zuellig Pharma will integrate data from ELPRO and all third-party sources into its own system. The goal is to use this data to simulate possible scenarios to support annual validation of temperature-controlled fleet and packaging systems. Additionally, Zuellig Pharma plans to roll out its blockchain solution to all markets to enable end-to-end visibility.
"ELPRO plays an important role in helping us maintain our technology leadership and maintain and expand our leadership position."
——BRETT MARSHALL, Quality Assurance Manager
ZUELLIG PHARMA
Hongke | Environmental Monitoring
As the industry's leading pharmaceutical supply chain environmental monitoring and temperature verification solution partner, Hongke Environmental Monitoring Division cooperates with Swiss elpro and Danish Ellab, which represent the world's top level and high-end quality, to provide users with pharmaceutical supply chain Temperature recorders, automatic temperature and humidity monitoring systems, verification systems and calibration systems in all aspects, as well as related services. Our professional team will help you achieve the following goals:
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improve Sterilization freeze-drying and other processes, optimize the design process, and support the strategic goals of "innovation" and "internationalization"
- provide a full range of customer support plans, including technical support, IQ/OQ services, Mapping services, GxP consulting, and on-site and factory Calibration, etc. When
you choose Hongke’s environmental monitoring and temperature verification solutions, you will receive all-round support from our team’s 12 years of rich industry experience and regulatory knowledge, as well as excellent product quality assurance. We are committed to ensuring that your monitoring and verification processes are reliable and stable, safeguarding the quality and safety of pharmaceuticals.