"As a leading healthcare manufacturer and distributor, Medline has always prioritized building a resilient supply chain. When HIRC was formed, we saw the opportunity to collaborate with industry partners and join forces in addressing the need to create more supply chain transparency and resiliency for all of healthcare,” said Medline Vice President of Supply Chain Optimization Peter Saviola. “Today, we are proud to be part of the HIRC Resiliency Badge Program and remain committed to investing in distribution, manufacturing, and technology to further strengthen the healthcare supply chain.”

Tom Harvieux, Chief Supply Chain Officer at BJC HealthCare, said that BJC plans to operationalize the badge in the following ways:
● Using the HIRC standard vs. creating the organization’s own unique solution

● Incorporating the standard into contractual language, business reviews, and performance expectations
● Using the resiliency badge findings to foster meaningful discussions on how to improve BJC’s end-to-end supply chain
● Including the badge in internal stakeholder engagement and supplier decision making

“This is the healthcare industry’s opportunity to collectively control its future and build a common, scalable solution,” Harvieux said. “We know there is a deep need for a program like this, and we have the opportunity to influence its shape and prevent the market from fragmenting into dozens of for-profit solutions that create more-complicated and inconsistent expectations as they race to fill the gap. It is in suppliers’ and providers’ best interest to make the HIRC Resiliency Badge successful.”


About HIRC
HIRC is the pre-eminent consortium for patient-centric healthcare supply chain resiliency standards and best practice. HIRC’s mission is to increase resiliency of critical healthcare supply chains to eliminate supply disruption impact on patient care. HIRC elevates partnership through authentic collaboration. HIRC is non-competitive, non-exclusive, and member driven.


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