A misrouted pallet in most industries costs time. In Life Sciences, it can cost a lot's chain of custody, a batch's expiration window, or a company's ability to release a shipment at all. Further downstream, that delay can mean a healthcare provider or a patient waiting on product that hasn't arrived.
Life Sciences supply chains carry a compliance burden most industries don't: every lot needs to be traceable, every temperature excursion needs to be documented and every hold needs a resolution before product can move again.
Shifting regulatory and market dynamics only raise the stakes of keeping that chain of custody intact. That pressure shows up for Life Sciences teams in problems including:
With Infios connecting order management, warehouse operations and transportation, you can maintain every lot’s chain of custody amid shifting regulatory and market dynamics. Here’s what you can do with each system when a lot’s traceability, an expiration window or a compliance hold is on the line.
With Infios Order Management, you can allocate inventory by lot and expiration date and apply First-Expired, First-Out (FEFO) sequencing, so product moves in the order it needs to, not the order it was requested in.
With Infios Warehouse Management, you can track lot and batch status through every pick, pack and putaway, and enforces quarantine holds at the location level so a lot under review can't move until its status changes.
With Infios Transportation Management, you can record temperature, timing and handling data for every shipment in transit, so a lot's chain of custody carries through to delivery instead of ending at the dock door.
What teams running on Infios are achieving across their warehouses and networks.
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Life Sciences teams face the same compliance risks on repeat. Infios AI resolves each one before it becomes a bigger problem.
A lot nears expiration before it’s allocated
Infios AI flags lots approaching expiration before they become unsellable and shows which orders, channels or locations can still use them in time. It then resequences OMS allocation to FEFO priority, adjusts WMS picking and coordinates TMS timing, explaining what's at risk.
A shipment moves outside its approved range
Infios AI detects temperature and handling anomalies as they happen and surfaces the excursion’s history and any recurring pattern. It then places the OMS hold, updates WMS quarantine status and flags the shipment in TMS, explaining what’s next and how to prevent a repeat.
A lot is placed on regulatory or quality hold
Infios AI detects holds likely to affect an order commitment before it’s missed and shows what’s driving the hold and what approval is outstanding. It then coordinates the OMS order impact, WMS quarantine handling and TMS shipment timing, explaining what’s needed to move forward.
Infios AI powers Intelligent Supply Chain Execution™, connecting orders, warehouse and transportation so they act as one. When something changes, decisions happen continuously across every domain in a continuous loop: sense, decide, act, learn.
capacity increase in the automated storage & retrieval area
increase in picking performance
capacity increase in the automated storage & retrieval area
increase in picking performance
Start with held lots and blocked orders: Infios AI investigates why a lot is held or an order is blocked and recommends what happens next. Autonomy can expand across your compliance workflows from there.
Set approval rules by product, hold type or regulatory requirement. A person stays in the loop where a signature means something, while Infios AI speeds up everything around the decision.
One record of each lot from receipt to release, shared by every team that touches it.
A Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems for eight consecutive years, with more than 5,000 customers worldwide running on Infios.
