November 10, 2022 – Intermountain Healthcare is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its Supply Chain Center, which was instrumental in keeping critical medical supplies in stock and available to caregivers and patients during the COVID pandemic.
The Intermountain Supply Chain Center opened in Fall 2012 on 24-acres in Midvale City as an ideal distribution and warehouse site. Its central location was within 50 miles of 90% of Intermountain’s hospitals in Utah and Burley, Idaho.
The concept of the Intermountain Supply Chain Center began five years before the building was completed.
Intermountain’s goal for the Supply Chain Center was to reduce costs while ensuring clinicians and caregivers had necessary supplies efficiently. By purchasing supplies directly from the manufacturer and leveraging bulk purchase opportunities, it streamlined processes.
More than 1,400 caregivers work across Intermountain’s supply chain in multiple states, with the center in Midvale being the main location for logistics and storage.
The large space of the Supply Chain Center allows Intermountain to stock up and hold supplies on hand during uncertain times like the COVID pandemic. This ensures needed supplies are on hand but also allows them to stock up when prices are lower.
It’s been so successful Intermountain is expanding the center with a massive project to add 38,000 square feet of new warehouse space and 10,000 square feet of pharmacy space. The project is expected to be finished in 2024.
Intermountain Supply Chain is continuing to innovate as they recently partnered with Zipline to use drones to deliver over the counter and specialty pharmacy items to patient’s in Utah.