Case Study: Alliance Healthcare gains cold chain visibility and reduces product waste with Controlant

How Alliance Healthcare gained cold chain visibility and saved products stored in facilities across the UK

Alliance Healthcare, a major pharmaceutical, surgical, medical, and healthcare wholesaler and distributor across the UK and Europe, struggled with siloed temperature-monitoring data across its warehouses. This fragmented approach made it difficult to maintain consistent product quality, prove GDP/GPP compliance, and reduce waste across facilities. Controlant’s Facility Monitoring solution was introduced to help unify these processes.

Controlant implemented a cloud-based facility monitoring system with IoT loggers and gateways that send real-time temperature and humidity data, alerts, and reports to Alliance Healthcare’s quality team. The rollout improved visibility across sites, streamlined auditing, and helped prevent spoilage on multiple occasions, including saving a full container of insulin from replacement. Controlant also reduced the compliance workload by enabling on-demand reporting and ongoing system improvements through a joint steering committee.

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