LOS ANGELES: Deutsche Post DHL Group on Thursday said it will spend US$150 million this year to expand its U.S. healthcare distribution network capacity by roughly 40 percent.
Healthcare is the fastest-growing sector for DHL's North American Supply Chain unit that counts Zimmer Biomet Holdings and Avanos Medical Inc among its U.S. customers. Outsourcing those services helps companies increase reliability and reduce costs that can help slow ballooning U.S. healthcare costs, experts said."This market is changing pretty dramatically," Scott Cubbler, president of Life Sciences & Healthcare at DHL Supply Chain, said of the U.S. healthcare industry that is navigating consolidation, changing regulations and cost pressures.