Handling and transporting medical equipment with precision

When it comes to managing and transporting medical equipment, precision is essential. Rhenus offers scalable transportation and warehousing solutions for all classes and sub-classes, ensuring that your products arrive on-time, in optimal condition, and always meet the highest quality standards.

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Precision and reliability for sensitive goods

Reliability is the cornerstone of the medical device industry. Manufacturers face the challenge of providing devices that are ready for immediate use while complying with rigorous regulatory requirements and quality controls. We understand the critical role your products play in patient care.

Transporting medical equipment requires precise coordination, exact documentation and seamless execution. Our seamless services cover the supply chain for medical devices in all classes and subclasses, ensuring your sensitive devices are transported with care, adhering to the highest standards of temperature management and reliability.

Team up with Rhenus to maintain the integrity and performance of your vital instruments at every step of the supply chain.

Transporting medical equipment – all the way to the patient

Our solutions stabilize your supply chains for medical devices, allowing you to focus on your core business. Depending on the urgency or volume of your shipment, we select the appropriate shipping method for all modes of transport: whether road, rail, sea or air freight. This way, we ensure your shipments arrive on time and in perfect condition – ready for immediate use. Thanks to our trusted partners, we also handle complex transport routes: to the right ward in the hospital, to the doctor's office or, the patient's home.

Medical equipment at a glance

Laboratory equipment includes both small items such as pipettes and protective gear and larger products such as centrifuges or microscopes. The supply chains for medical devices require particularly efficient processes to ensure that your equipment is always ready for use.

Transporting medical equipment also includes diagnostic devices, test kits and syringes as well as clinical centrifuges, incubators, X-ray machines, cell counters and monitoring systems (e.g. blood pressure, heart rate). Priority is placed on the safe transportation of the high-quality, sensitive devices.

Logistics for production equipment in the pharmaceutical and research sectors include consumables, water treatment systems, and fermentation and filtration systems. Transporting this kind of high-quality, sensitive equipment requires special care.

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Benefits for your supply chain

We manage your demo pool so that you can allow your customers to test your devices thoroughly and make an informed decision.

We deliver your items to the point of use with two-man handling. Thanks to our special fleet and equipment, our trained employees are ideally equipped for transporting medical equipment of all sizes.

With an extensive network of sustainably equipped logistics facilities across Europe, we optimize the environmental impact of your supply chains for medical devices and equipment.

Our experts ensure seamless and secure returns and reprocessing, tailored to your needs.

Medical equipment warehouse solutions

  • Scalability thanks to flexible warehousing models: Dynamic business models benefit from maximum flexibility thanks to our multi-user facilities and customized in-house solutions. Thanks to a state-of-the-art warehouse management system and continuous temperature control and monitoring, we offer an integrated and scalable supply chain for medical devices and products of all classes.
  • Specialized medical equipment warehouse services: From serial number scanning to batch control, our services are designed to streamline the handling and transport of your products with precision and care. We offer tailored solutions to support a wide range of medical products, from smaller items like endoscopes and ultrasound units to larger, more complex equipment such as dental units and surgical microscopes. Our customizable services include comprehensive returns management and a suite of value-added options to meet the unique demands of your products.
  • Quality management for sophisticated storage needs: When it comes to managing the supply chain for medical devices and medical products, the quality of our services is our top priority. Verified by internationally recognized certifications, we ensure the highest quality and safety standards for our warehousing and transportation services. Our facilities are certified to ISO 9001, 13485, 14001 and 50001 standards, enabling us to handle all classes of medical devices safely and professionally.

Value-added services

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Labeling

We ensure that the labeling of your products is compliant with regulatory requirements, including the addition of package inserts in the desired language.

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New packaging and re-packaging

Our new and re-packaging service offers you the flexibility to adapt your products to local market requirements or special customer requests – always focusing the quality and protection of your goods.

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Kitting

Efficient distribution: We combine your items in ready-to-ship packaging with individually compiled kits.

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Postponement Services

Our postponement services help you your supply chains for medical devices stay flexible: We store and package products as needed so you can respond to short-term market demands.

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Software upgrades

From a single source: By leaving the performance of software upgrades of medical equipment and devices to trained Rhenus technicians, you save on the effort of internal resources or the use of additional service providers.

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Re-work

Defective or incomplete products? Our re-work service ensures that your devices can rapidly be returned to service.

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Light manufacturing

Thanks to our expertise and the appropriate certifications, we are able to provide services that are considered “light manufacturing” – for example, assembly, adaptation and preparation work.

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Holistic supply chain for medical devices and products from the manufacturer to the patient

Let us provide you with end-to-end logistics for medical supplies – From warehousing and handling to transporting medical equipment.

Frequently asked questions

Medical equipment includes instruments, machines, implants or software applications used to diagnose, treat or monitor illnesses and injuries. It ranges from simple band-aids to complex systems such as MRI scanners or pacemakers. Transporting medical equipment is subject to strict regulations regarding safety and efficacy.

Yes. Both the storing and transporting medical equipment can be seamlessly temperature-controlled to ensure the safety of your products.