Greetings from Las Vegas, all, where PackExpo is in full swing. I haven't been able to see many booths yet, but I've heard presentations from David Ray at Parsec Automation and Bob Naegle at Videojet, each of which was exciting in its own way.

AMR analyst Hussain Mooraj wrote about the need for better insight into distributor data in our May issue. Novartis, AstraZeneca and other suppliers are utilizing this data to reshape their supply chain management programs. But AMR recently completed a survey of drug manufacturers for the SCM software company, Edge Dynamics,...