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Cipla moves
successfully with
Cquential Solutions

CIPLA MEDPRO, one of South Africa’s leading Joseph Ludorf, Cipla’s supply chain executive
pharmaceutical manufacturers, has successfully director, says Cquential was extensively involved
completed its move to a new state-of-the-art from the early stages of planning. “Cquential
warehouse and medicine distribution centre played a key role in enabling the move and
in Tableview, Western Cape. During the move continues to support our journey to get the right
Cipla required uninterrupted, efficient delivery medicines to the right people at the right time.
of its medicines to clients all around the country. The new warehouse has been carefully designed
Cquential Solutions CEO, Steve Mallaby, explained to provide us with the perfect distribution hub.
that the Cquential intelligent Cloud warehouse Achieving these efficiencies depends on the
management system had made it all possible by warehouse management system’s ability to
ensuring operations were transferred seamlessly, control incoming and outgoing stock with pinpoint
with minimal downtime. accuracy, co-ordinate picking with the orders
coming out of the ERP system, and ensure the
“The old warehouse operations had to continue correct orders reach the courier. All of this has to
simultaneously servicing customers while setting happen in a space that is as large as three rugby
up the new facility and configuring the system to fields, with pallet stacks as high as 15,6 metres,”
handle new and different processes, plus moving says Ludorf. •
stock.”

Cipla SA had its best month ever during the
move, which added additional pressure. “The
phenomenal accuracy of the Cquential solution
greatly enhances Cipla’s audit processes plus
regulatory compliance capabilities. It also
contributed to Cipla’s ability to submit winning
bids for national tenders, such as the R2-bn
contract with the Department of Health to supply
antiretroviral drugs for the SA government’s HIV/
Aids programme from 2015 to 2017.”

Cool technology with a conscience

UK SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury’s has the rapid expansion of liquid nitrogen to deliver
become the first company in the world to zero-emission power and cooling. Traditionally
introduce a refrigerated delivery truck cooled many refrigerated trucks require two diesel
by a liquid nitrogen powered engine, which engines, one to power the vehicle and one for the
the company says will eliminate all emissions refrigeration unit. By replacing the latter, Dearman
associated with refrigeration. The zero-emission believes that a more sustainable solution for
cooling unit replaces the traditional diesel engine refrigeration may soon be widely adopted. •
used to chill the vehicle and will significantly cut
emissions. During a three-month trial the vehicle
saved up to 1,6 tonne of carbon dioxide; the
equivalent of driving more than 14 500 km in a
modern family car. The trial also saved 37 kg of
nitrogen oxides and 2 kg of particulate matter,
compared to a similar diesel system. The truck
will deliver chilled goods to stores in the London
area.

Based on the revolutionary British invention,
the Dearman Engine, the new system harnesses

26 August 2016 | Logistics News