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Ryder & BJC Health System Secure SMI Collaboration Award for Transforming Healthcare Supply Chain, Enhancing Patient Care<\/b><\/p>\n

\nStrategic Collaboration Delivers Near 100% Fulfillment Rates<\/b>, 100% Real-Time Visibility<\/b>, and Resilient Medical Logistics Across 14 Hospitals<\/b><\/p>\n

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–Ryder System, Inc.<\/b> (NYSE: R) and BJC Health System<\/b>, based in St. Louis, Missouri, secure the prestigious SMI Tom Hughes Collaboration Award<\/b> for their transformative work in reshaping the healthcare supply chain to improve patient care<\/b> and redefine product delivery. Presented annually by SMI, a non-profit community of healthcare providers and industry partners, the award honors innovative collaborations that drive meaningful change in healthcare logistics.<\/p>\n

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Pictured (left to right): Steve Gundersen, SMI Chair Emeritus; Tom Harvieux, BJC Health System SVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer; Jason Luby, BJC Health System VP Value Chain and Sourcing Operations; Cherie Brinkerhoff, Ryder SVP Supply Chain; Jeff Abeson, Ryder VP Business Development; Jane Pleasants, SMI President.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\u201cWith BJC\u2019s visionary leadership <\/b>and Ryder\u2019s operational expertise<\/b>, this collaboration exemplifies the spirit of this award \u2013 healthcare supply chain\u2019s absolute best models of healthcare supply chain collaborators working together to deliver patient-centric healthcare<\/b> in a time of transformative change,\u201d says Jane Pleasants, SMI President.<\/b><\/p>\n

\nIn 2019, BJC\u2019s East Region identified inefficiencies in the traditional healthcare supply chain model that pulled clinicians away from patient care. Seeking a third-party logistics provider (3PL) to help build a patient-centric model, BJC selected Ryder to help reshape its supply chain distribution model.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cTo break industry norms of the past 20 years, we looked for innovation that could bring best practices from more mature supply chains<\/b>, like automotive and high tech,\u201d says BJC Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer Tom Harvieux<\/b>. \u201cIn December 2020, we embarked on our transformational journey, and by that time, we were in the throes of a pandemic that reinforced the critical need for speed, agility, and resiliency<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nBased on BJC\u2019s vision, Ryder led the design and launch of a 416,000-square-foot Consolidated Services Center <\/b>(CSC), capable of streamlining all supplier channels <\/b>and scaling for future growth.<\/b> With the implementation of automation, <\/b>the CSC continuously feeds critical care supplies<\/b>to<\/b> the BJC East Region\u2019s 14 hospitals, 3,300 beds, and 4,600 physicians 24\/7<\/b>. Less than one year after opening, the CSC had already achieved servicing levels at87% or 13,000 daily lines of medical supplies flowing through the channel.<\/p>\n

\nRyder also engineered highly sequenced deliveries, prioritizing the most critical supplies for immediate access<\/b> at hospital loading docks.<\/p>\n

\nAn advanced warehouse management system<\/b> and Ryder\u2019s proprietary RyderShare<\/b>\u2122<\/sup><\/b><\/a> platform provide<\/b>inventory control, demand planning, <\/b>and real-time visibility and collaborative problem-solving<\/b> \u2013 ensuring uninterrupted care, even during crises like the 2024 Hurricane Helene IV fluid shortage that impacted the vast majority of hospitals nationwide.<\/p>\n

\nThe collaboration also reduced BJC\u2019s capital outlay. And, with direct sourcing capabilities, BJC not only gained full inventory control<\/b>, but cost transparency<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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