NASHVILLE \u2013 At present 28 certifications have been completed and 850 people have been trained in IATA\u2019s Center of Excellence for Independent Validator\u2019s (CEIV) program, said Ronald Schaefer, project lead, CEIV Pharma, IATA, during Tuesday’s session at the CNS Partnership Conference. By the end of the year, Schaefer said he expects 80 entities in 34 locations to be certified\u2014 “with the number growing on a daily basis.”
\nSchaefer reiterated that the program was not simply a new symbol that could be bought, but rather an effort to regain shipper confidence. \u201cIf we do not jointly create our own standards as an industry, somebody else will. We still have a chance to say we have understood the message, and that we understand that harmonization and standardization are key.\u201d
\nIn an overview of the program, Schaefer said the justification was to counteract the modal shift that had has eroded airfreight\u2019s share of valuable pharmaceutical cargo in recent years. From 2000 to 2013, airfreight\u2019s market share of the burgeoning market fell from 17 percent to 11 percent. \u00a0In an effort to secure the logistics supply chain from the incidence of temperature excursions \u2014 fluctuations that can destroy the cargo during the handling process \u2014 CEIV strives to target and resolve issues with pharma handling with a global standard and certification program to solidify shipper confidence in airfreight pharma handling.
\nSchaefer said the program is IATA\u2019s response to handlers calling for a standard. With competing global and regional standards ranging from the World Health Organization\u2019s Appendix 5, to country-specific GSPs in China and Singapore, the airfreight supply chain lacks a coherent standard as freight moves from one entity to another. Schaffer gave the example of how a single shipment from Brussels to Sydney changed hands 14 times as it was transferred from ground-handler to carrier, back and forth along multiple flight segments through different countries. A single mistake at any milestone during the shipment could have spoiled the precious cargo.
\nYet, the ability to properly handle the cargo is in reach of most stakeholders. Most frequently it is not a lack of infrastructure, but rather improper training or practices that leads to the incidence of excursions. The simple aim of the CEIV program is, then, \u201cto prevent sanitary issues for the transport of pharma, by harmonizing standards and elevating staff competence through a consistent global certification program\u201d according to Schafer.
\nGiven the comprehensive nature of the process, it can take an organization anywhere from two to eight months to receive CEIV validation. Beginning with a facilities audit \u2014 which Schafer described as a \u201cline-by-line comparison\u201d of the new standard with the practices of the organization \u2014 a gap analysis report is generated to serve as the basis for improvement.
\nThe concept is very top-down in nature, one global standard, which is the product of existing regulations serves as the pillar for the program\u2019s other elements. It is applicable and comprehensive for all links along the pharma supply chain, ranging from freight forwarders to carriers and the ground handlers and logistics providers in-between. Intensive multi-day trainings focused on temperature controlled cargo operations are then the medium through which the standard is disseminated.
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