C. Ray Goff, Jr.

C. Ray Goff Jr. has over 20 years in management with Fortune 500 biopharmaceutical. He is a subject matter expert for cold chain, distribution, supply chain, logistics, risk management and project management. In his recent corporate role, Ray was Director, Pfizer (formerly Wyeth) Vaccines R&D leading the global clinical supply chain, logistics and distribution. Noteworthy was his successful leadership of a mega-scale vaccination study to over 85,000 subjects and over a hundred other clinical trials. Ray is a PMP, holds several Executive Certificates from MIT, a BS in Mathematical Economics, published numerous articles and served in leadership positions in professional associations.

Articles by C. Ray Goff, Jr.

  • 6 Steps to Fine Tune Your Distribution Network

    Wednesday, May 28, 2014
    What if you owned a beat-up, noisy car that was in need of alignment, had issues with timing, or had leaking motor oil? You would fix it and bring it up to a reliable, smooth-running, well-oiled machine. What if you owned a musical instrument, like a...
  • Cold Chain Roundtable

    Wednesday, March 27, 2013
    MT: It seems that when American Thermal Instruments introduced our cloud-based temperature management system two years ago, we were the only company that had a flat screen in our tradeshow booth talking about transmitting data and apps. Now, it ...
  • What’s Driving Freight Costs Higher?

    Friday, November 30, 2012
    If you think the price of fuel is the only element driving freight costs higher – think again! The latest, “Master of Logistics 20th Annual Study of Transportation and Trends Study” [1] reports that in 2011 the highest percent of transportation ...
  • Modeling the Clinical Trial, Calculating Company-wide Savings and Comparisons of Several Distribution Ideas

    Thursday, May 24, 2012
    Often ideas are generated but little is done on the follow-up to bring them to fruition. The purpose of this paper is to support the final stage of the Bow Tie Method- the management proposal.
  • What Happened On the Way to Your Customer?

    Thursday, May 24, 2012
    Can you assure customers their product is kept at the proper specifications from the manufacturer site to the end-user location? Is there proof?
  • Approaches to Offset Rising Fuel and Distribution Costs

    Sunday, May 01, 2011
    The economic downturn of 2008 interrupted the growth of fuel prices. In 2010 the fuel prices grew slowly. The future challenge is how to deal with fuel price increases.
  • Cold Chain Roundtable

    Tuesday, November 01, 2011
    What, in your opinion, is currently the single largest trend with respect to cold chain logistics and technology?
  • Is It Worth the Risk without Temperature Monitoring?

    Saturday, January 01, 2011
    Temperature-sensitive medicinal products deliver unique value to the end-user while introducing several logistical risks to the shipper.
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