We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
  • ::COVID-19 COVERAGE::
  • INDUSTRY PRESS ROOM
  • SUBMISSIONS
  • MEDIA FILE
  • Create Account
  • Sign In
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Free Newsletters
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
  • STRATEGY
  • GLOBAL
  • LOGISTICS
  • MANUFACTURING
  • PROCUREMENT
  • VIDEO
    • News & Exclusives
    • Viewer Contributed
    • Upload your video
  • PODCAST ETC
    • Podcast
    • White Papers
    • Webcasts
    • Events
    • Blogs
      • Reflections
      • SCQ Forum
    • Mobile Apps
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
  • STRATEGY
  • GLOBAL
  • LOGISTICS
  • MANUFACTURING
  • PROCUREMENT
  • VIDEO
    • News & Exclusives
    • Viewer Contributed
    • Upload your video
  • PODCAST ETC
    • Podcast
    • White Papers
    • Webcasts
    • Events
    • Blogs
      • Reflections
      • SCQ Forum
    • Mobile Apps
Home » Johnson & Johnson ranks as top healthcare supply chain, Gartner says

Johnson & Johnson ranks as top healthcare supply chain, Gartner says

Top firms prevailed as pandemic created extreme supply and demand swings, analyst says.

gartner healthcare
November 12, 2020
Supply Chain Quarterly Staff
No Comments

The tumultuous events of 2020 have shone a bright light on healthcare supply chains as companies have struggled with challenges from the pandemic to hurricanes, forest fires, and trade wars, but certain practitioners still rose above their competitors, according to a ranking from the analyst firm Gartner Inc.

Johnson & Johnson took the top spot in the 12th annual Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 ranking, which recognizes companies across the healthcare value chain that advance healthcare by improving patient outcomes and controlling costs. The rest of the top five included CVS Health, Cleveland, McKesson, and Banner Health.

The Covid-19 pandemic remains a fundamental challenge to both supply and demand on a massive scale, Gartner said. Extreme demand swings stressed—and in some cases broke—supply chains, bringing into sharp focus what worked and what didn’t.

Against that backdrop, leading supply chains leaders embraced the disruption as an opportunity to drive their supply chains further, adding new capabilities that will benefit not only their response to the pandemic, but also make their supply chains better once the world transitions to a new normal, the firm found.

“Successful supply chains don’t focus on just one strategy, but a portfolio of elements and solutions to protect their supply chains, including classic risk management, demand and supply visibility, and agility,” Stephen Meyer, senior director analyst with the Gartner Supply Chain practice, said in a release.

In many countries, there was a fast pivot to telemedicine and home healthcare, practices that both requires a unique response to address new demand patterns and leverage different fulfillment networks. For pharmaceutical companies, this means potentially forgoing the classic wholesale relationship and building direct-to-patient capabilities and logistics networks. Several leading supply chains managed to quickly align their networks to the new realities and get patients the care they needed. 

Another leadership trait that made supply chain leaders stand out in 2020 is the alignment of the supply chain function to the overall organization’s strategy. Especially in the early days of the pandemic, ensuring that demand was fulfilled, and supply continued, took the full attention of the organization. 

“Leading supply chains ensure strategy development is directly linked to their company’s process,” Meyer said. “They align the supply chain strategy to the existing corporate goals, but also ensure company leadership understands how the supply chain can innovate to deliver additional company or customer value. Additionally, they seek external guidance from their customers and peers to include their perspective.”

Gartner announces rankings of its 2020 #Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25. Read more here: https://t.co/n0iB5nDvI9 #GartnerSC #Supplychain

— Gartner for Supply Chain (@Gartner_SC) November 12, 2020
Global Logistics
KEYWORDS Banner Health CVS Pharmacy Gartner, Inc. Johnson & Johnson McKesson Corp.
  • Related Articles

    Retail-to-logistics conversions slow to take hold

    Johnson & Johnson supply chain executive to receive CSCMP's Distinguished Service Award

    Top healthcare supply chains share three themes, Gartner says

Recent Articles by Supply Chain Quarterly Staff

BrightDrop delivers 150 electric parcel vans to FedEx network

Survey: 90% of procurement leaders will tweak operating models to cope with economic outlook

J.B. Hunt trials self-driving trucks in Texas pilot

You must login or register in order to post a comment.

Report Abusive Comment

Most Popular Articles

  • How to resolve your inventory dilemma

  • Container prices continue to drop

  • Regionalized supply chains: the key to resilience

  • Warehouse vacancy rates sink to 27-year low

  • Empty shipping containers stack up at U.S. port depots

Featured Video

Cccb7d13 710a 4473 8132 da8b6cc286f1

The Sportsman's Guide Case study: Increasing Accuracy & Productivity

Viewer Contributed
Thanks to the Lucas Warehouse Optimization Suite, The Sportsman's Guide has increased productivity, reduced training time, and experienced a boost in accuracy for both full-time staff and seasonal employees. Want to learn how Lucas can help your DC be more efficient, accurate, and safe while reducing labor costs?...

FEATURED WHITE PAPERS

  • Case Study: Peak Teams helps boost headcount quickly on a short-term project

  • Breaking Bad: Conducting Full Truckload RFPs in the Age of Digital Freight Procurement

  • Omnitracs One – Last Mile Solutions

  • The enterprise shipper's guide to building a smarter truckload RFP

View More

Subscribe to Supply Chain Quarterly

Get Your Subscription
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • E-NEWSLETTERS
  • ADVERTISING
  • CUSTOMER CARE
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT
  • STAFF
  • PRIVACY POLICY

Copyright ©2022. All Rights ReservedDesign, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing