Cold Chain Medical Logistics Platform on AWS

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AWS, Healthcare, EKS
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Overview

Developed a robust logistics platform purpose-built for cold chain medical distribution, with traceability, compliance, and performance at its core. The platform enabled real-time inventory tracking, automated stock requisitioning, and fulfillment reporting for pharmaceutical and medical goods in transit.

Healthcare-Grade Compliance

Designed for 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, ensuring auditable logs and immutable storage for pharmaceutical and medical supply chain operations.

Architecture Highlights

Amazon EKS
APIs for Stock, Fulfillment, Cold Chain (CCE), Requisition, and Reporting
Amazon API Gateway
Secure, throttled endpoints for external partners and admin users
Amazon Aurora
Consistent, resilient SQL backend for transactional operations
Amazon SQS & SNS
Eventing and inter-service workflows
Amazon Route 53 & ELB
Edge routing for low latency and failover
Amazon GuardDuty
Security monitoring and threat detection
Medical Logistics Platform on AWS

Architecture Diagram: AWS-based diagram showing APIs, Aurora, EKS, Auto Scaling, Route53, and pipelines

Key Capabilities

Auto-Scaling APIs
APIs autoscaled independently with tight integration into CloudWatch metrics
Service Mesh
Service mesh capabilities explored using AWS App Mesh
CI/CD Pipelines
Powered by AWS CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline
Secure Configuration
Secrets and configuration stored in AWS Secrets Manager and IAM roles
Compliance
21 CFR Part 11 compliance with auditable logs and immutable storage
Responsive UI
Web interface for fulfillment updates and alerting

Engineering Considerations

Outcomes

Business Impact

The platform delivered significant improvements to medical logistics operations

Global Distribution

Supported global distribution of temperature-sensitive medicine

80% Reduction

Reduced stock mismatch incidents by 80% through real-time requisition tracking

End-to-End Visibility

Delivered end-to-end observability from order creation to delivery

What Made This Stand Out

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