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Using collective action for greater supply chain assurance
Collaboration among suppliers, distributors, members and Vizient strengthens the assurance of supply for all stakeholders
Supply assurance: working to ensure there's no shortage of it
In today's global market, we want to give providers confidence that critical supplies and essential medications are accessible when needed in delivering high-quality patient care. It's supply assurance, and it's part of our long-standing core business.
Our wealth of experience, actionable data and predictive planning helps to strengthen supply assurance. Further, our work with stakeholders focuses on improving supply chain risk mitigation as we collaborate to enhance data, increase supply visibility and expand inventory access.
Four themes keep us centered and are the pillars of our supply chain assurance efforts: insights, access, enablement and advocacy. Learn more about our supply assurance strategy
Expert insights and news about supply assurance
Vizient Improves Visibility into Domestically Manufactured Supplies
Supply chain management newsletter (May 2022)
Temporary supply disruption update: GE Healthcare Omnipaque and Visipaque
Vizient mitigation actions to build supply assurance
Indirect effects of the Russian/Ukraine war
Vizient launches long-term supply assurance services
See what drives members’ top pharmacy spend in our Pharmacy Market Outlook
Vizient takes aim at drug shortages with 100M extra units of essential medication
Supply chain lessons: Managing change is inherent to success
Vizient calls on industry stakeholders to join alliance for ending drug shortages
How we can help improve your access to essential medications and critical supplies
Improving care with additional essential product access
Novaplus Enhanced Supply delivers access to additional inventory of essential medications and products. Our awarded suppliers produce additional supply to mitigate supply chain risk.
Securing resiliency in your
supply chain
Shortages and shutdowns seem inevitable. We offer disaster preparedness solutions to help you prepare for response before and during events, and recover and stabilize operations after events.
Learn moreConnecting industry leaders to end drug shortages
The End Drug Shortage Alliance is a collaboration of select health systems, leaders in supply chain and other industry stakeholders dedicated to solving pharmaceutical supply challenges.
Learn moreMember resources
Vizient members can access these and many other supply and medication resources to sustain and improve both operations and patient outcomes. Login is required.
Vizient pharmacy program participants have exclusive access to additional pharmacy resources and information.
Have questions about pharmaceutical products?
Manufacturing insights
Stay current on market changes, understand supply access and cost impacts with these supply chain assurance resources and information.
- Budget Impact Projections report
- Manufacturing insights briefs
- Supply update (April 2022)
- Supply update executive summary
- Disruption insights brief: Baxter ExactaMix valve set
- Disruption insights brief: China lockdown
- Disruption insights brief: West Coast port strike
- Intalere supplier early termination list
Access tools and resources to help prepare and sustain operations before, during and after emergency situations.
Critical supply profiles help members proactively plan for potential supply chain disruptions in product categories affected by constraints in the market. Each profile provides insights on manufacturing, logistics and utilization.