MEDLINES Quarter 4 Fall 2025
A quarterly Medline employee newsletter
Welcome to the new format of Medlines Magazine. Shorter, easier to read, and more frequent, Medlines keeps our Operations and Manufacturing teams in the know, helping you connect with the broader organization.
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Creating a win-win-win: For Medline, Customers, and the Environment
Across Medline, we’re taking strides along the sustainability journey, from expanding renewable energy use to launching more responsible products. Learn about two important programs making a meaningful impact across Operations and Manufacturing.
Going green in Georgia
Thank you, Veterans In honor of Veteran’s Day, Medline will launch a 7-part podcast series throughout November. Whether you’ve served, supported someone who has, or simply want to learn more, you’ll enjoy these conversations with employees about their experiences in service and at Medline. Watch for details about how to access this compelling series.
Our manufacturing site in Lithia Springs, Georgia, is tackling waste—and making a difference for the environment. With the goal to achieve the Underwriters Laboratories Zero Waste Certification, the team completed the UL audit in the spring and recently learned they achieved Gold certification! Even more impressive, their efforts diverted over 96% of the site’s waste from the landfill. Next up: plans for a diaper waste recycling system to reclaim pulp fluff and super absorbent polymer from scrap products, aiming for Platinum certification from UL.
When more is more
The tote cart initiative in Operations benefits team members, customers and the environment. It works like this: More on a cart means more on a pallet, which means more on a truck. This simple theory leads to more efficiency, safety and customer satisfaction—and less plastic wrap, diesel fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. • Less handling means safer loading for team members and unloading for customers, saving much needed time and storage space for all.
In this issue
• Fewer manual touches leads to fewer errors, simplifies training, and streamlines the process to get customer orders off the dock faster.
Learn how Medline is becoming more sustainable Celebrate National Healthcare Supply Chain week Meet the next member of the 20+ Club
Recognizing the need for a more efficient system, the Manufacturing team in Lithia Springs, Georgia, focused on tracking and separating waste streams to facilitate recycling.
• Reducing wasted space on trucks saves travel time and creates more efficient routes. Operations is helping Medline and our customers shrink our carbon footprint by improving how we pick and ship.
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Descriptions of environmental benefits and sustainability progress are based on site-level initiatives and internal observations. Outcomes may vary by facility and will continue to evolve as programs mature.
The
20+ Club
A series spotlighting Medline employees who have been with the company 20 years or longer.
Mary Herbert MedTrans driver
How it began: “I started driving out of Mansfield, Mass. Medline had just moved into a facility there the year before. It was my first truck job. I’d had desk jobs before in consumer relations and customer service and had worked as an engraver and some other jobs. My last one was in customer service, which led into sales. I didn’t care for the sales part, so I said, ‘What can I do that I would enjoy?’ I always was fascinated with the bigger trucks, and I’ve always loved driving, so I got my trucking license and came here.” Old school: “When I started, each driver had a route they did the same way every day. Later, Medline began using computerized routers to plan our stops. But there were no GPS or tablets in our trucks. We had to write everything down and use books of street maps or print directions from MapQuest, because you can’t take large trucks on certain streets.”
Looking the part: “There were no uniforms back then. We were just told what color to wear. It was usually Dockers for pants, a shirt and sneakers. Now it’s uniforms and steel-toed shoes. We protect ourselves a lot more now.” The usual territory: “I used to mostly deliver to the North Shore region in Massachusetts— Peabody, Danvers, Gloucester, Salem. Now I’m often up into Maine and New Hampshire. The farthest I deliver is Vermont. I’ve done Connecticut, as far west as Springfield and also Rhode Island, where I live.” Tight squeeze: “Early on, my supervisor would say, ‘When you’re a truck driver, you have to drive everywhere.’ I would get a little nervous in the inner part of Boston because there’s so many one-way streets and a lot of streets that trucks can’t go on. If you miss your turn, you can’t always just turn around easily. It was challenging at the beginning. Now I joke that I’ve done my time inside Boston. I don’t mind the outskirts, but it’s time for the newer drivers to go all the way in [laughs].” Breaking the mold: ”I’ve delivered to places where the employees are just shocked to see a woman driver. When I first started, some of the women on my stops would say, ‘You’re my hero.’”
Current location: Uxbridge, Mass. Started with Medline: February 1992
chihuahua, but her body is like a Jack Russell. She’s always in the window on top of the couch waiting for me when I get home.” Outside work: “Nowadays, if I have any spare time, I’ll read or go out with my sister, who’s two years older than I am and retired. When I was younger, I used to love to draw.” Retirement calling: “I’ve always loved the driving. I’ve always
loved interacting with our customers. But I just turned 65 in June, so the physical part—breaking down pallets—can take a little toll. That’s why I’m retiring a little earlier than planned, at the end of the year. I’m going to concentrate on my house, and I might look for a small part-time job for maybe a few hours a couple of days a week. You have to stay active. Plus, I told my husband that he’d drive me crazy if I stayed home seven days a week.”
Our mission: Resilience We’ve built a U.S. supply chain to make healthcare run better. Celebrating National Health Care Supply Chain Week 2025
Last stop of the day: “I have one dog, Nicky. Her head’s like a
Mary Herbert confers with fellow MedTrans drivers Kevin Yarboro (left) and Carlos Cruz at the Medline distribution center in Uxbridge, Mass.
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