Resilience in Healthcare Logistics – How Warehouse Automation Ensures Security of Supply in Medical Care

31.10.2025

In healthcare, reliability saves lives. Discover how intelligent warehouse automation strengthens healthcare logistics—ensuring that medication, devices, and instruments reach the right place at the right time. With TGW Logistics’ solutions such as warehouse robots, goods-to-person systems, and shuttle technology, medical supply chains become more resilient, efficient, and future-ready.

Resilience in Healthcare Logistics – Ensuring Security of Supply in Medical Care

In medical care, reliability can mean the difference between life and death. Hospitals, clinics, and laboratories depend on a steady flow of medication, instruments, and devices—delivered precisely when and where they are needed. That’s why resilience in healthcare logistics is not optional; it’s essential.

Ensuring the security of supply means maintaining uninterrupted delivery processes, even under pressure. In a world marked by disruptions, automation has become the backbone of reliable and agile healthcare supply chains.

The Critical Role of Supply Chain Security in Medical Logistics

Medical companies carry immense responsibility: every delay in supply can have immediate consequences. A missing implant, a delayed diagnostic tool, or a shortage of medication can compromise patient care.

To meet this challenge, supply chains in medical logistics must be:

Fail-proof, even in times of crisis.
Compliant, meeting strict regulatory and quality standards.
Efficient, balancing cost and reliability for sustainable healthcare.

Achieving this requires intelligent systems that enhance visibility, precision, and responsiveness across the entire value chain.

Building Resilience with Warehouse Automation

Modern warehouse automation empowers healthcare providers to meet rising expectations for speed, accuracy, and safety. TGW Logistics designs tailored systems for production supply, storage, and distribution—ensuring medical products move seamlessly from manufacturer to point of care.

Key technologies include:

Warehouse robots that handle repetitive tasks with precision.
Goods-to-person systems like FlashPick, enabling accurate, ergonomic, and fast order fulfillment.
Shuttle systems that ensure efficient use of space and scalable performance.

At the center of it all is WERX, TGW’s intelligent software platform. It coordinates and optimizes warehouse processes, providing full transparency and reliability—even during demand surges.

The result: resilient healthcare supply chains that perform under pressure and adapt to changing needs.

Responsibility Beyond Technology

Resilience is more than robust systems—it’s also about long-term responsibility. TGW Logistics, as a foundation-owned company, reinvests profits into innovation, education, and social impact. This ethical foundation ensures stability and trust in every partnership.

With TGW’s Lifetime Services, healthcare providers benefit from continuous support, maintenance, and optimization—keeping systems reliable for years to come. Hospitals and medical companies can focus on what matters most: caring for people.

Healthcare logistics demands reliability, transparency, and agility. By combining warehouse automation, warehouse robots, and goods-to-person systems with a strong foundation of social responsibility, TGW Logistics ensures that healthcare organizations are ready for the challenges of tomorrow.

In medical care, reliability isn’t just a benchmark — it saves lives!

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Erich Schlenkrich is VP of Business Development for Industrial and Consumer Goods at TGW Logistics, with decades of global experience in automation and supply chain optimization. Interested in collaborating or learning more?

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Erich Schlenkrich, Vice President Business Development Industrial & Consumer Goods | TGW Logistics

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TGW Logistics is a foundation-owned company headquartered in Austria and a global leader in warehouse automation and warehouse logistics. As a trusted systems integrator with more than 50 years of experience, we deliver end-to-end services: designing, implementing, and maintaining fulfillment centers powered by mechatronics, robotics, and advanced software solutions. With over 4,500 employees spanning Europe, Asia, and North America, we combine expertise, innovation, and a customer-centric dedication to help keep your business growing. With TGW Logistics, it's possible to transform your warehouse logistics into a competitive advantage.