Lane Qualification Business Overview
Last updated: November 24, 2025
Qualify and re-qualify temperature controlled lanes / SOP's with little effort.
The Problem
An antiquated manual process for qualifying lanes inhibits cold chain speed and makes proactive decision making nearly impossible.
Many Lane Qualification SOP's are not digitized. These documents are stored as PDF's, and the data is not used.
The process of qualifying or requalifying a lane is long and manual. Emails and phone calls are exchanged, making collaborations with 3PL's messy and difficult to manage.
Lots of tools (e.g. Veeva, Excel, Validaide, LSP risk assessments, etc.)
There is a lack of standardization on how vendor risk assessments are performed
No continuous monitoring after lane setup
Lane Qualification Features:
Mass ingestion of Standard Operation Procedures (SOP's) and Lane Risk Assessments (LRA's)
Determine the routes to include in your SOP based on Lane Criteria
Lane Manager functionality to update and set SOP parameters, select primary / secondary vendors and preferred routes, and update SOP's.
Communications Portal Between Pharma and Logistics Service Providers (LSP), negating the need for Email and Excel.
Qualify new and existing lanes based on service provider data
Identify and track carrier and packaging performance
Utilize your own scoring provided by your Quality Mangment System (QMS)
Utilize PAXAFE's risk scoring algorithm
Full audit trail
Can push data into your QMS
The Value:
Digitize Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Risk Assessments for your lanes.
Material reduction in time to launch new lane (30-50%)
Continuous up-to-date SOPs
Consolidation of vendors via all-in-one capability
Lane validation moves from strictly compliance to value-add activity