Using AUTO-ID technologies in the Cuban drug logistics system to increase its safety and efficiency

This research was conducted involving five of the main supply chain of medicines in Cuba actors, including, since suppliers of medicines and the 3PL logistics operator, to  healthcare centers and pharmacies. A diagnosis of the current state of the system of coding and classification of products was made. This activity showed, as main deficiencies, ineffectiveness on the products identification, since there are problems with codes, descriptions and units of measurements. A procedure to implement the AUTO-ID and EDI technologies proposed by GS1, was also designed, based on evaluating the effectiveness of these technologies in global logistics.