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Redesign real pharmaceutical supply chain routes

Discover practical scenarios where the 6500X allows pharmaceutical companies and logistics partners to rethink how temperature-sensitive shipments move around the world.

From turning consolidation hubs into decision points, to protecting products across complex multimodal lanes, to enabling seamless transitions between transport modes. These use cases show how one validated container can eliminate repackaging, reduce risk and costs, and unlock operational flexibility.

Real-life lane redesign scenarios

Consolidation Hubs and Intermodal Distribution

As manufacturing becomes more centralized and markets become more geographically distributed, consolidation hubs play a critical role in regional pharmaceutical distribution. Traditionally, these hubs require unloading, repacking, and requalification before shipments continue their journey.

The SkyCell 6500X enables a different model, one where products remain protected inside the same container across multiple transport legs and distribution decisions.

The challenge with consolidation hubs

Consolidation hubs are essential for serving multiple markets from a single production site. But they also introduce operational complexity.

When shipments reach a hub, products are often:

  • unloaded
  • transferred into new packaging
  • requalified for the next transport leg

Each step increases handling risk, cost, and infrastructure dependency. Distribution decisions must often be locked in early, even when demand and priorities may still change.

 

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Turning consolidation hubs into decision points

With the SkyCell 6500X, consolidation hubs no longer need to be repacking locations.

Pharmaceutical products can be consolidated at origin and transported by ocean inside reefer containers to a regional hub.

For example, shipments consolidated in Europe can be transported by sea to Singapore, where the hub becomes a distribution decision point rather than a handling point.

From there, individual containers can continue their journey by air to urgent markets such as Australia, by road to regional destinations like Thailand, or by sea or rail for further distribution, without the containers being opened or medicine repackaged.

Protection, monitoring, and compliance remain consistent across the full journey.

The same container.
The same protection.
Multiple transport modes.

How the 6500X makes this possible

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Extended runtime

Up to 300 hours of independent temperature protection keep shipments protected during long transits and hub dwell times.

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Reefer-container compatibility

Four 6500X containers fit into a standard sea-freight reefer container, enabling scalable consolidation strategies.

Multimodal

Multimodal

The container can move seamlessly across land, air, and ocean transport without repacking.

door to door

Door to door

The container can leave airport environments and move directly through distribution networks.

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Real-time shipment visibility

Continuous monitoring and automated data logging across all transport legs support handovers and GDP compliance.

Business impact

What this means for clients and customers.

Network flexibility
Distribution and consolidation can be decoupled, allowing route decisions to be made later based on demand, disruptions, or regulatory timelines.
Reduced operational risk
Eliminating unloading and repacking at consolidation hubs reduces exposure points and handling complexity.
Faster and more efficient access
Parallel distribution across transport modes enables urgent markets to be served quickly while other volumes move cost-efficiently.
Simplified qualification and compliance
One validated container solution can be used across multiple transport modes and distribution legs.
Improved cost efficiency
Ocean consolidation and reduced handling lower long-haul and operational logistics costs.

Redesign your consolidation strategy

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