Supporting all the above is a $ 5 billion engineering , facilities , and more , spanning supply chain managed by the Supply Chain from supplies to service contracts and capital department at Northwell . The department equipment . Category management , which is headed up by Phyllis McCready , Senior includes value analysis and integration into Vice President and Chief Procurement the clinical space , is essential to the work Officer for the entire Northwell system , and of Northwell Alliance ’ s procurement team . Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Northwell Health Alliance Inc ., Northwell ’ s in-house group purchasing organization . The Supply Chain team operates its 85,000-squarefoot distribution center , delivering approximately 3000 SKUs 24 / 7 to Northwell ’ s facilities throughout New York , Long Island ,

and Westchester . It delivered over $ 200 million of goods in 2021 alone and turned its inventory approximately 14 times within a calendar year .

From the perspective of spend management , Northwell operates a centralized supply chain encompassing everything within the clinical and non-clinical space , including all pharmacy , research , IT ,

“ Having the centralized structure that we do , along with the

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team ’ s deep industry knowledge , is a key success factor in our GPO ’ s ability to provide value to Northwell ,” explains Phyllis McCready .

Supplier management , procurement to pay operations , and master data management all fall within the scope of the Supply Chain department , as does the digital solutions group responsible for all technologies , data , and analytics . “ Keeping the technology group embedded in the operations , along with the autonomy to create processes and solutions , has been instrumental in successfully advancing our mission ,” explains Vikas Balani , Vice President , Supply Chain at Northwell , when speaking to Supply Chain World . scw-mag . com 119