Every year, more than $35 billion worth of pharmaceutical products are lost in global supply chains, with millions of man-hours spent by freight forwarders, pharma companies, and other stakeholders to coordinate recovery efforts.
This collaboration aims to enable pharmaceutical supply chain professionals to seamlessly access real-time shipment data, predictive insights, and automated alerts within their existing Microsoft ecosystem, enhancing efficiency, compliance, and decision-making.
Pharma Supply Chain Digitalization
With this collaboration, SkyCell leverages Microsoft's extensive ecosystem to enhance pharmaceutical monitoring, helping pharmaceutical companies gain full visibility and control over their supply chain using Azure Al Foundry.
To eliminate endless email chains, SkyCell’s approach leverages Microsoft Teams, as well as K.AI (“KAI”), SkyCell’s intelligent assistant built on Azure AI Foundry.
K.AI continuously monitors shipments, assesses risks, and suggests solutions in real-time to all the relevant users. All stakeholders can quickly access the data they need and critical insights can be shared with the relevant parties easily, avoiding long email chains and data siloes. This approach makes communication seamless and eliminates the “waiting for information” problem, empowering teams to act faster and more efficiently.
Unavailable or slow-moving information is one of the main causes of product loss in pharma shipments—and with the rise of personalized medicine and the ‘ecommercification’ of pharma, that risk is only growing.
“SkyCell’s intelligent assistant, K.AI, along with Microsoft's Teams and Copilot, are revolutionizing the pharmaceutical logistics industry by ensuring real-time monitoring, risk assessment, and seamless communication. This collaboration is crucial for transforming data into actionable insights, thus preventing product loss and enhancing efficiency in the supply chain.”
Richard Ettl, CEO of SkyCell
Bring alerts to action: monitor shipments in real time and receive Al-powered insights with actionable recommendations to resolve potential risks.
How It Works: AI-Powered, Seamless, and Proactive
Combined with SkyCell’s 24/7 AI-enabled control tower and dedicated support team, this partnership enables proactive intervention to safeguard product integrity. With K.AI identifying risks before they escalate, pharmaceutical companies can massively speed up decision-making, reducing disruptions, reducing waste, and ensuring life-changing treatments reach patients safely and on time.The integration of SkyMind within Microsoft’s ecosystem allows users to monitor shipments in real time, receive AI-powered alerts and recommendations on how to resolve potential risks, and streamline product release through automated reporting and ERP integration.
“Pharma companies already have established platforms and workflows that they use to manage their operations efficiently. We understand this, which is why our collaboration with Microsoft ensures that pharma companies and supply chain teams can leverage SkyMind’s power directly within Microsoft Teams and Copilot.”
Nico Ros, CTO of SkyCell
"By harnessing the transformative power of AI through Microsoft Azure OpenAI, SkyCell is advancing pharmaceutical logistics to create safer, more efficient supply chains. This approach will ensure that vital treatments reach patients swiftly and securely, ultimately driving impactful progress in the industry."
Elena González-Blanco García, EMEA Digital Natives Technical Director at Microsoft
SkyCell is already monitoring five million shipments per year and now continues to drive innovation in pharma logistics. This collaboration with Microsoft is crucial in accelerating the digitalization of the pharma industry and supporting pharma companies in building more resilient, intelligent, and sustainable supply chains.
Reach out today to discover how we can support your pharma supply chain or learn more about SkyMind Pharma.
