Category: Supply Chain

Women making strides in supply chain leadership

More than a quarter (26 percent) of C-suite and executive-level supply chain roles are now held by women, up from just 19 percent a year ago, according to a July 5 report from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, based on a 2023 Gartner s…

Medline's top 3 executives to step down

Medline’s CEO, COO and president will leave their roles and join the board of directors in October, the medical supply company said June 28. 

18 injuries spur recall of 260K catheters with leaking, breaking risk

Teleflex, a global medical supplier with its U.S. operations based in Morrisville, N.C., recalled more than a quarter of a million catheter systems after 83 complaints, 18 injuries and zero deaths were reported. 

Vontobel Holdings increases position in Cardinal Health by nearly 100%: What ASCs should know

Private investment group Vontobel Holdings has increased its position in health services company Cardinal Health by 98.1 percent since the start of the year, now owning 96,042 shares in the company, according to a June 25 report from Best Stocks based …

Missouri calls off auction of leftover hospital supplies

A Missouri agency planned to auction off personal protective equipment it bought with federal funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the event was abruptly canceled after the agency learned it could not resell the items, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch re…

AHA: What hospital supply leaders need from their employers

Hospitals and health systems need to invest in advancing their supply leaders’ professional development, the American Hospital Association said June 22. 

McKesson to close New York plant, lay off 26 in November

McKesson Medical-Surgical plans to close a Rochester, N.Y.-based plant and lay off 26 of the 38 employees who work there by Nov. 3, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification. 

BD to sell surgical devices business, 3 manufacturing facilities

Becton Dickinson plans to sell its surgical devices business and three manufacturing plants as part of a divestment planned for the end of 2023. 

Becton, Dickinson to sell surgical instrument unit to Steris in $540M deal

Medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Co. plans to sell its surgical instrumentation platform to Steris, a medical device company, for $540 million.

Cardinal Health to construct new distribution center in South Carolina

Cardinal Health plans to build a new distribution center in Greenville, S.C., that, at 350,000 square feet, will be the biggest site dedicated to its at-home solutions business.