The Power of Supply Chain Leadership

Amanda Chawla, Senior VP and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Stanford Health, shares insights on transforming healthcare supply operations from transactional processes to strategic networks. Recognized by Gartner for excellence, Stanford's approach focuses on people-centered leadership, organizational agility, and continuous reinvention to meet evolving healthcare challenges.

• Supply chain transformation requires examining organizational foundations across people, process, and technology
• Stanford's strategy involves insourcing operations, creating new departments, and developing technology roadmaps
• "Supply chain is not a chain" but a network of interdependent activities serving every department
• Successful leadership requires building trust and demonstrating value as a strategic partner to clinicians
• Financial viability challenges require healthcare organizations to focus on efficiency and value-based operations
• Organizations must choose between waiting for disruption or becoming disruptors through innovation
• Failure should be viewed as part of the innovation journey toward advancement

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