Case Study: Large Blood Products and Services Company reduces blood collection material costs with RR Donnelley

Refined Packaging Supply Chain Supports Blood Centers

Large Blood Products and Services Company worked with RR Donnelley to help its network of nonprofit community blood centers manage rising cost pressures from FDA-mandated testing, while improving sustainability and supply chain efficiency. The customer also needed support for DHR/DMR recordkeeping, direct order entry from blood centers, pick-pack-fulfillment, warehousing, inventory management, and marketing collateral production.

RR Donnelley implemented an end-to-end supply chain solution that included donor kit design standardization, lean-manufacturing kitting and assembly, and a fulfillment/distribution system with real-time tracking and traceability through a single lot number. As a result, RR Donnelley helped the customer consolidate suppliers, standardize materials, improve operating and purchasing efficiencies, and significantly reduce material costs, while also lowering costs through centralized purchasing and lean manufacturing.