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Measuring Up – Thinking Out Loud
Measuring Up – Thinking Out Loud
Author: Bill White
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Measuring Up – Thinking Out Loud is a podcast from Testo, your consultative resource for precision measurement technology and digital solutions serving the pharmaceutical, industrial, and allied industries worldwide. Each episode shares expert insight and practical strategies for maintaining compliance, ensuring safety, and optimizing processes in critical environments.
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Summary In this episode of Measuring Up, Thinking Out Loud, host Bill White sits down with Karen Greene, Vice President of Client Solutions at Network Partners Group and Principal Consultant at Canyon Labs, to discuss the critical intersection of packaging engineering and temperature control. With over 40 years of experience in the life sciences industry, Karen explores the complexities of cold chain applications and the necessity of protecting temperature-sensitive products as they move from...
Summary In this episode of Measuring Up: Thinking Out Loud, host Bill White sits down again with Jim Bacon, founder of Stay Cool Logistics, to break down the complexities of risk management in pharmaceutical logistics. Jim comes back to his "Four Quadrants of Risk" (financial, hazard, strategic, and operational) concept to explain how understanding these categories allows organizations to better protect product integrity and patient safety. The conversation explores the critical shift f...
Episode Summary In this episode of Measuring Up: Thinking Out Loud, host Bill White sits down with Sean Merrill, a Validation Engineer at Testo with over 11 years of experience in commissioning, qualification, and validation. They explore the critical history of the regulatory landscape and how modern risk-based approaches are streamlining safety protocols in the pharmaceutical and industrial sectors. The conversation traces the reason behind modern regulations to contextualize the current in...
Episode Summary In this episode of Measuring Up: Thinking Out Loud, host Bill White sits down again with Jim Bacon, whose decades of pharmaceutical logistics experience spans domestic and international cold chain operations. In this episode, Bill and Jim take a deep dive into ensuring the integrity of the pharmaceutical cold chain. Jim shares how the industry’s most successful logistics programs are built not on transactions, but on strategic partnerships that are rooted in trust, communicati...
Episode Summary In this episode of Measuring Up: Thinking Out Loud, host Bill White speaks with Patrick Girten, a pharmaceutical logistics expert whose career journey spans aviation, firefighting, and pharmaceutical operations. Patrick shares how the discipline and accountability from his early experiences translate into protecting life-saving therapies during transport. From the evolving complexities of cold chain management to the human element that drives vendor compliance, Patrick highlig...
Episode Summary In this episode, host Bill White speaks with retired U.S. Army Major General Chris Sharpsten, who played a leading role in Operation Warp Speed. Sharpsten shares insights from coordinating the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines during one of the most complex logistical challenges in modern history. The conversation explores cold chain accountability, lessons learned about teamwork and data transparency, and what the pharmaceutical industry can apply today to reduce the fear of ...
Episode Summary In this episode, host Bill White speaks with Jim Bacon, an industry veteran with over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical supply chain, with 25 of those focused on cold chain logistics. Jim shares his unique perspective on safeguarding product integrity, drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience as a parent of children with type 1 diabetes. They discuss the evolution of monitoring technology, best practices in compliance and training, the ...










