Leveraging data and clinical collaboration to transform supply chain

Building trust and transforming supply chain

Northwestern Medicine's success story: Leveraging data and collaboration to optimize the supply chain, resulting in decreased expired products by 78% and waste reduction by 50%.

Strengthen clinical partnerships to deliver real results

Health systems nationwide are faced with industry wide supply challenges: supplies make up the second largest expenditure category after labor, and 8.9% of those supplies are typically wasted. Northwestern Medicine is committed to continuous improvement, and as part, have completed a multi-year journey to improve their clinical supply chain. Supply Chain Leaders developed a new approach to optimize processes and collaborate with clinical partners to deliver significant outcomes for the health system.