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This blog, “Collaboration Requirements for an eClinical Supply Chain Management Platform”, is the first in a series where we will detail the critical requirements for an eClinical Supply Chain Management platform. For such a platform to properly optimize the clinical trial supply chain it must support requirements that fall into 4 categories: Collaboration, Real-Time Visibility, Traceable Chain of Custody, and Compliance.

Slope, provider of the first eClinical Supply Chain Management (eCSCM) platform, announced hiring the clinical research leader, Hope Meely, as Chief Clinical Officer. In her new role, Hope will be instrumental in educating the industry on the new eCSCM software as a service (SaaS) category. Hope will help clinical trial sponsors and research sites understand how replacing existing manual and paper-driven clinical supply chain processes with the Slope eCSCM platform will reduce clinical trial risk and costs, improve the productivity of clinical trial collaborators, and increase subject retention.

Two years ago, a good portion of the U.S. population did not know what a supply chain was. Today, with store shelves empty and inflation rising, it's safe to say we do now. For clinical trials, supply chain issues that involve getting lab kit components, investigational product (IP), medical devices, ancillary clinical supplies, and biological samples to the right place at the right time are preventing clinical trials from staying on budget and completing within the planned timeline.