Features include:

• DHL Supply Chain outlines the steps supply chain professionals can take to counter the efforts of organised criminal gangs engaged in counterfeiting pharmaceuticals.

• Automation is an increasingly popular option, but make sure it fits with business strategy, cautions Paul Wilson, managing director of supply chain consultancy Davies & Robson.

• Transdek’s Leon Butler says there needs to be a greater focus on increased integration of the loading bay as part of improving supply chain operations. By seamlessly integrating the loading bay with a warehouse management system and dovetailing it into the overall business, there’s no doubt that optimal performance can be achieved, he explains.

• AEB’s Compliance & Risk Management product, part of its ASSIST4 software suite, automates the restricted party screening process, with a view to ensuring that exporters comply with export bans and licensing requirements.

• Xtegra’s Jonathan Jackson talks to us about their mission to provide an integrated range of innovative tamper-evident and security packaging products under a single, recognisable brand.