Pharma Company Selects Warehouse Management Software for Batch, Lot, and Expiration Date Controls

RedPrairie Corp. has announced that Harbin Pharmaceuticals has selected RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management solution to support its 30,000-sq-m distribution center in Harbin City, Hulan District, China.

The warehouse handles up to ¥10 billion in products annually and supports more than 1300 outlets and 1000 wholesalers, including chemical medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, biological product, medical appliance healthcare, and daily use chemicals.

“We selected RedPrairie considering its practical and efficient team who are proficient in business process management,” says Xudong Wang, Harbin's general manager assistant. "The additional experience their project implementation team had in integrating with other major logistics management systems was also attractive, along with the sound post-sale service system they had in place. We expect the solution to help us relieve stock pressure, improve warehousing conditions, and make our operations more efficient overall.”

Harbin Pharma Company was particularly interested in the solution’s batch and lot management functionality, as well as its expiration date controls. In the future, the company plans to use RedPrairie’s solution to transition its internal logistics processes into a third-party logistics service for other related businesses.

“Harbin’s decision to select RedPrairie marks our company’s introduction to the Chinese pharmaceutical industry,” said Rod Talbot, RedPrairie Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific. “We look forward to building on our strategic partnership with Harbin and our other customers, as they achieve success with their expanding enterprises.”