IDN INSIGHTS
Supply Chain Leader Profiles Editor’s note: The following supply chain leaders were featured in The Journal of Healthcare Contracting’s Ten People to Watch issue.
and brought their talents to bear on a global problem. Our CEO summed it up well with “Calm over Chaos, Faith over Fear.” Resiliency, collaboration and creativity are here to stay.
What’s the most important risk you took and why?
Bruce Radcliff, System Vice President, Supply Chain, Advocate Aurora of today and the coming years. Our team members are one of our greatest assets and keeping them engaged, empowered and feeling valued is a rewarding investment of our time.
What are the most important attributes of successful supply chain teams today? Successful supply chains need to be agile, engaged with their clinical stakeholders and transparent across all levels of the organization with a collaborative and strategic roadmap.
What changes brought about by the pandemic are here to stay in the supply chain? The call for transparency and management of risk combined with the creativity and resolve of supply chain to put patients’ needs first will never leave us. Our teams rose to the challenge
What project or initiative are you looking forward to working on? I’m looking forward to tackling innovative ways to handle the labor shortage 18
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During the pandemic, our supply chain continued to innovate and even converted our distribution model just a few months before our new ERP deployment. The movement to a higher service just-in-time distribution model was not at an optimal time. However, we took the risk to ensure our clinicians continued to get the dynamic services needed in the face of extreme labor shortages. We rolled from that distribution conversion into a big bang deployment of system-wide ERP across finance, human resources, supply chain and payroll.
How do you continue to grow and develop as a leader? I believe in bringing your whole self to work and, as such, I have put together a group of a few trusted mentors to give me feedback and share their perspectives on not only leadership skills but also where I am as a person. This gives me a sounding board not only for new ideas but also to transfer their experiences and perspectives into my development. Not every lesson needs to be learned on our own. I’m always amazed at the willingness of people to help, if you ask and commit to listening.