Supply chain capacity to respond to COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador: An integrated leadership strategy

This provincial case study, one of seven conducted as part of a national research program on healthcare supply chain management during COVID-19, focuses on Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). Faced with the destabilization of its traditional supply chain, NL leveraged an existing centralized healthcare...

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Published in:Healthcare Management Forum
Main Authors: Snowdon, Anne W., Saunders, Michael J.
Other Authors: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2022
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08404704211058414
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Summary:This provincial case study, one of seven conducted as part of a national research program on healthcare supply chain management during COVID-19, focuses on Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). Faced with the destabilization of its traditional supply chain, NL leveraged an existing centralized healthcare supply chain structure to organize its supply chain response to the pandemic. To overcome product shortages, health leaders collaborated with their local business community and industries to source and procure personal protective equipment and create domestic manufacturing capacity for critical supplies. The healthcare supply chain response in NL demonstrates the value of a highly integrated and centralized healthcare supply chain management strategy. It also makes clear the value of a diversified healthcare supply chain, one which draws on local manufacturing capacity to create a domestic source of critical supplies and overcome shortages from global suppliers.