The third-party logistics (3PL) services of Strategic Lab Partners (SLP) provide turnkey benefits and efficiencies for healthcare supply chains that require superior quality, and real-time tracking and reporting of their specimen collection and transport kitting.
The SLP Connect™ Premium Kitting Deployment & Centralized Management Ecosystem reduces the time needed to gather all the kitting components for a clinical trial or other testing regimens while lowering the costs associated with inventory management.
SLP supplies laboratories with the exact specimen collection and transport components they require in a convenient and organized ready-to-use or ship kit that streamlines clinical operations, reduces costs, improves quality control, and enhances client satisfaction. Our programs reduce specimen redraws, prevent mis‑kitting, and eliminate shipment failures that drive up cost, delay clinical workflows, and increase
legal exposure. These are not theoretical benefits—they are measurable operational gains delivered through disciplined kitting design, FDA‑registered production, and real‑time logistics oversight.
3PL Fulfillment:
Operational Efficiency + Clinical Risk Prevention
More than 400 Domestic and International clinical research facilities, hospitals, private laboratories, government authorities, and consumer goods product retailers have benefitted from the superior kitting and 3PL supply chain management provided by Strategic Lab Partners.
Healthcare kitting by SLP enables clinical, medical, and retail organizations to better coordinate their lab supplies inventory by ordering only the components for a specific procedure or trial, substantially reducing waste and obsolete inventories.
The SLP Connect™ Premium Kitting Deployment and Centralized Management Ecosystem closely monitors and inspects all specimen collection and transport devices that comprise each kit further ensuring that all components meet the most stringent quality standards. The centralized control, decentralized execution, and real-time visibility across entire deployment networks provided by the SLP Connect™ logistics engine, reduce the risk of errors and defects in agreed-upon kitting configurations, which reconfirms the overall kit quality in advance of fulfillment.
By enforcing configuration accuracy and serialized tracking at every touchpoint, Strategic Lab Partners reduces the most common sources of clinical logistics failure— mis‑kitting, missing components, temperature excursions, and unverified chain‑of‑custody. The result is fewer redraws, dramatically fewer lost specimens, and lower courier‑related exposure.
KITTING & LOGISTICS PROGRAMS ACROSS HEALTHCARE & RESEARCH
Strategic Lab Partners consults with client and processing lab team members to understand the full scope of work needed, from kit requirements to real-time tracking
to inbound logistics to the lab.
SLP CUSTOM KITTING PROCESS
End-to-End Operational Certainty for Every Kit
Custom clinical kit design by Strategic Lab Partners includes private label clinical, medical, phlebotomy, RNA/DNA, and toxicology specimen collection
and transport solutions.
SLP clients receive digital or
physical art proofs of kit design
to confirm proper content, fit, functionality, form, shipping conformity, and color accuracy
before final production begins.
SLP administers its proven assembly and production processes to ensure estimated timelines are met. From receiving inbound materials to finished kits shipped, SLP provides updates to its clients with real-time visibility of raw materials and kitting.
Strategic Lab Partners
provides ecommerce integration
by directly supporting its clients'
IT teams through all stages of
order automation integration
for API or CSV drops.
The FDA-registered warehouses of Strategic Lab Partners provide industry-standard security protection for access and permissions across all kitting inventory and shipping areas.
The barcoding system of Strategic Lab Partners tracks and reports kitting shipments in real-time for improved reliability, predictability, and visibility.
Strategic Lab Partners provides cost-saving flat rate outbound and inbound logistics using a variety of carriers where patients can conveniently return kitted specimen collection samples safely and efficiently with the USPS.
SLP securely administers order processing and kit fulfillment at its FDA-registered facilities. All clients receive a dedicated internal use support email for order visibility and a real-time portal to track fulfillment.
INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE & RESEARCH KITTING SOLUTIONS
SLP CONNECT™
SLP delivers temperature‑controlled, secure, and highly efficient transportation solutions that scale to the most demanding distribution needs—from custom specimen collection and transport kits to vital medications, vaccines, and research samples. With SLP CONNECT™ providing real‑time visibility and operational intelligence, every program is engineered for precision, compliance, and uninterrupted chain‑of‑custody performance.
Logistics Capabilities
As a trusted medical logistics and secure warehousing partner, Strategic Lab Partners is recognized for delivering dynamic, fully customizable bulk, courier, and distributed shipping programs. Each solution is engineered to support stringent operational requirements, complex distribution models, and the evolving needs of high‑stakes healthcare organizations.
STREAMLINE HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAINS
Strategic Lab Partners provides top-tier universal kitting and specialty logistics services to streamline your clinical, medical, and retail supply chains. Its 3PL fulfillment, shipping, and warehousing solutions ensure healthcare kitting supplies are managed with precision and care, enhancing supply chain efficiencies, tracking, reporting, and reliability.
The End-to-End 3PL Healthcare Kitting Experts
Temperature‑Controlled Logistics
Time‑ and temperature‑controlled logistics with real‑time tracking and reporting give Strategic Lab Partners’ clients world‑class shipping performance and true peace of mind. Every clinical, medical, and retail laboratory kit or supply moves through a monitored, compliant chain‑of‑custody—ensuring critical materials arrive exactly as intended.
GDP‑Certified Partnerships
Strategic Lab Partners maintains close alignment with industry‑leading specialty logistics providers, including those holding pharmaceutical‑grade Global Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certifications. These partnerships reinforce exceptional transparency, reliability, and quality across every link of the supply chain.
3PL MANAGEMENT
1. All Shipping and Carrier Options Available
2. 18 Nationally Distributed and Secure Fulfillment Centers
3. Reach a Majority of the U.S. with 1-2 Day GROUND Shipping
4. Centralized Control Over Decentralized Logistical Deployments
5. FDA Class I & II Compliant Kitting
6. Best-in-Class Component Sourcing
7. Environmentally-Controlled & Secured Warehouses
8. Real-Time Visibility Across All Touchpoints
What This Means for Logistics Partners
Strategic Lab Partners controls kitting accuracy and serialized tracking at the source, logistics partners see immediate reductions in preventable failure events—fewer redraws, fewer mis‑kitted shipments, and dramatically fewer courier exceptions. Routes stabilize, SLAs tighten, and escalation volume drops, giving drivers and dispatchers cleaner days and predictable handoffs. The measurable savings from avoided reships, delays, and exposure routinely exceed implementation costs within the first deployment cycle.
Bulk-to-Clinic
Serving genetic, molecular, microbiology and clinical labs nationwide, Strategic Lab Partners is your convenient, trusted source for bulk lab supplies and lab-related printing. Its 18 distribution centers and central US location provide clients of Strategic Lab Partners with rapid fulfillment of bulk specimen collection and transport components without delay.
Strategic Lab Partners Premium Value Proposition - Two
A Definitive Partnership Investment for Effective 3PL Management | There does not exist a good business case that would ignore the healthcare kitting and fulfillment experience and capabilities of Strategic Lab Partners when considering the extreme cost of quality failures or regulatory violations likely to exceed years of incremental and promised savings from budget providers.
Multi‑Omics & Mechanistic Research
Multi‑omics programs demand one thing above all else: biological signal stronger than pre‑analytical noise. SLP delivers the integrated infrastructure these studies require—analyte‑specific, made‑to‑order kits engineered for fragile RNA/DNA targets, synchronized logistics through SLP CONNECT™, and verified chain‑of‑custody for every specimen. Multiple biospecimen types can be coordinated within a single visit, each with a documented handling journey that protects mechanistic clarity and reproducible science.
Direct‑to‑Consumer Genomics, Epigenetics, Microbiome & Wellness
Consumer genomics and wellness brands rely on kits that are intuitive, compliant, and on-BRAND—yet many are held back by generic packaging and inconsistent logistics. SLP manages its retail direct-to-consumer kitting from package design and production to e-commerce setup and fulfillment. SLP designs private‑labeled, user‑friendly kits that reduce error and non‑returns, while SLP CONNECT™ manages shipping, returns, and chain of custody in one environment. Your kit is your brand—and SLP ensures it looks, feels, and performs with clinical‑grade precision.
Precision Medicine & Patient‑Centric Care
Precision‑medicine programs rely on real‑world biospecimens arriving on time, intact, and correctly attributed—whether collected in clinics, at home, or in ambulatory settings. SLP builds the operational layer that makes this reliable: patient‑friendly kits, clear instructions, and SLP CONNECT™ managing inventory, shipping, returns, and chain of custody across all channels. Care teams gain the confidence that every sample is supported by clinical‑grade logistics that protect specimen integrity across clinics, homes, and ambulatory settings.
Real‑World Evidence & Longitudinal Outcomes Studies
RWE and longitudinal programs depend on consistent biospecimen quality across months or years—often collected in clinics, homes, and community settings. SLP provides the operational backbone that keeps these studies reliable: participant‑friendly kits, analyte‑appropriate stabilization, and SLP CONNECT™ coordinating timing, logistics, and chain of custody across every event. Each specimen arrives with a documented handling history, giving outcomes researchers confidence that their insights reflect real‑world biology, not preventable variability.
Employer & Population Health Programs
Large employers and public organizations rely on screening and wellness programs that are easy for participants and operationally reliable at scale. SLP delivers private‑labeled, non‑clinical‑friendly kits built on clinical best practices, supported by SLP CONNECT™ for real‑time visibility into participation, returns, and bottlenecks. HR and occupational health leaders gain a trusted, professional experience that drives engagement while ensuring consistent, defensible results across distributed populations.
Retail Health, Pharmacy Diagnostics & At‑Home Services
Retail health and pharmacy‑based diagnostics depend on kits that are intuitive for staff and customers while still meeting clinical and regulatory requirements. SLP delivers turnkey, retail‑ready kitting and logistics that make these services reliable at scale. Private‑labeled kits, clear instructions, and SLP CONNECT™ integration ensure consistent handling, chain of custody, and real‑time visibility across locations—allowing retailers to expand into higher‑value health offerings with confidence.
Decentralized and Hybrid Clinical Trials
Decentralized and hybrid trials now define modern research, yet many sponsors still rely on commodity kitting and spreadsheet‑driven logistics that allow pre‑analytical variation to creep in. Strategic Lab Partners eliminates that risk. Powered by its SLP CONNECT™ Premium Kitting Deployment Ecosystem, SLP provides a single compliant infrastructure from protocol through final dataset—engineering control around fragile biospecimens, tight visit windows, and multi‑site complexity. Every kit is built from the protocol out, serialized, tracked, and managed within a disciplined 3PL framework, ensuring timing, handling, and chain of custody are never left to chance. For oncology and other high‑stakes programs, this translates into fewer unusable samples, stronger statistical power, and scalable decentralized operations. SLP provides clinical‑grade logistics for decentralized and hybrid trials—ensuring timing, handling, and chain‑of‑custody are never left to chance.
Academic Medical Centers & Research Institutions
Academic medical centers and research institutions often lead methodological innovation but operate with limited logistical infrastructure for multi‑site studies, investigator‑initiated trials, and lab‑intensive training programs. Strategic Lab Partners functions as an externalized pre‑analytical operations department, designing, sourcing, assembling, and deploying protocol‑specific kits while SLP CONNECT™ centralizes inventory, shipments, and returns across sites and studies. Principal investigators and research administrators gain unified visibility into kit deployment and specimen flow, allowing researchers and trainees to stay focused on science rather than logistics.
Hospital Systems, IDNs & Hospital‑at‑Home Programs
As hospital systems and IDNs expand hospital‑at‑home, remote monitoring, and distributed diagnostic pathways, they enter a new logistical reality where kits and specimens must move reliably between central labs, regional facilities, community sites, and patient homes while maintaining clinical quality and regulatory compliance. Strategic Lab Partners is engineered for this environment—providing made‑to‑order clinical kits, FDA‑appropriate devices, and environmentally controlled 3PL operations, with SLP CONNECT™ delivering real‑time, system‑wide visibility. Clinical transformation and operations leaders gain a unified view of kit locations, return patterns, and process gaps without building this infrastructure themselves.
Public Health, Government & Emergency Response Programs
Public health agencies and government programs must be ready to execute large‑scale screening, surveillance, and emergency sampling with speed, accuracy, and full traceability—demands traditional commercial logistics tools rarely meet. Strategic Lab Partners provides a proven, healthcare‑grade alternative, rapidly designing, sourcing, assembling, and distributing kits at scale while SLP CONNECT™ delivers real‑time chain‑of‑custody oversight. Whether supporting routine surveillance or urgent, time‑sensitive deployments, SLP offers a repeatable, compliant framework adaptable to different pathogens, populations, and geographies.
Digital Health & AI‑Driven Diagnostics
Digital health and AI‑driven diagnostics companies depend on large, high‑quality biospecimen datasets, yet the pre‑analytical processes feeding those datasets are often inconsistent or poorly documented, introducing bias and complicating regulatory pathways. Strategic Lab Partners operates as a biospecimen pipeline engineered with the same rigor as the AI models built on top of it—tailoring kits and workflows to each analytical requirement while SLP CONNECT™ captures the metadata, chain of custody, and operational history needed to validate algorithms against clinical standards. SLP gives AI innovators a reliable biospecimen pipeline from first kit to final dataset, ensuring the physical inputs behind their models are as rigorous as the code itself.
Phlebotomy
SLP supplies clinics and laboratories with superior kitted and bulk supplies to achieve fast and accurate results from their required protocols and tests. It works closely with clinic and laboratory clients to design sampling kits for secure and safe blood collection and transport.
Genetic
Remote genetic sampling has never been more accessible, safe, and secure. Strategic Lab Partners specimen collection and transport kits protect and secure samples for easy shipping, bar coding, printing and labeling warehousing, inventory management, inbound and outbound logistics, and real-time tracking and reporting.
Toxicology
Oral fluid and urine point-of-collection, rapid screening products, and specimen collection and transport kits by Strategic Lab Partners enable its clients to sample peoples' unknown ailments and make informed decisions about substance abuse and poisonings faster and more accurately.
SLP provides the preanalytical infrastructure that clinical, consumer, and research programs rely on for compliant, scalable, and scientifically reliable operations.
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