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

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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.

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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.

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Connecting 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.

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Learning events for building your supply assurance acumen

Industry event

AHRMM22

Connect with us Aug. 7-10 in booth #201. Our experts can help you understand strategies for building supply assurance, such as our Made in the USA initiative, and others that improve supply access.

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Members-only event

Supply Assurance Strategies webinar series

This six-part monthly series focuses on leading practices to assist members with supply chain assurance and resiliency. Register for upcoming programs or access recordings and materials from previous sessions.

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Expert insights to empower pharmacy planning

Pharmacy Market Outlook Summer ’22 webinar – July 27 at 1 p.m. CT. In our next webinar series, our experts explore topics such as the increase in biosimilar competition, therapeutic advancement in cardiology and the continued impact of COVID-19.

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Members-only events

Pharmacy continuing education and more

The Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence offers webinars throughout the year, with many offering continuing education credits. Register for upcoming programs or access recordings and materials from previous sessions.

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Member 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.

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Stay current on market changes, understand supply access and cost impacts with these supply chain assurance resources and information. Do you need supply chain support? Contact us.

Supply chain resources

Manufacturing insights
  • Budget Impact Projections report - Included in this semiannual report are Vizient's price change projections on medical supplies, equipment and purchased services. In addition, it contains detailed trends and forecasts on more than 30 raw materials and indexes.
  • Material manufacturing briefs - As a complement to the Budget Impact Projections report, Vizient brings together market news and expert insights in Manufacturing Insights Briefs. These timely documents inform you about raw materials and other factors and conditions that are currently affecting the supply chain.

Vizient strategic programs

Vizient delivers unmatched savings and value through the industry’s most comprehensive supply chain programs. Learn how Vizient has you covered
through the additional inventory of essential products, diversifying your
supply chain through domestically manufactured products and more.

Market disruption briefs 

Market disruption briefs provide a summary of disruptive conditions or events affecting the supply chain market conditions.

Access tools and resources to help prepare and sustain operations before, during and after emergency situations.

Critical supply profiles

Critical supply profiles help members proactively plan for potential supply chain disruptions in product categories affected by constraints in the market. Each profile provides comprehensive insights on manufacturing, logistics and utilization reviewed/updated weekly.

Product disruption briefs

Product supply briefs provide a summary of current conditions and strategies to manage product-level disruptions.

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