Medline Receives Diamond-Level Badge for Health Care Resiliency

NORTHFIELD, Illinois—Medical supply manufacturer and supplier Medline announced that it is the first health care product supplier to achieve the Diamond-level Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative (HIRC) Resiliency Badge for manufacturing. This award serves as a recognition of the company’s relentless commitment to resiliency within the healthcare supply chain.

The badge recognizes Medline for its global manufacturing and supply chain resiliency across multiple product categories, including exam and surgical gloves, personal protective equipment, surgical drapes and gowns, durable medical equipment, wound care, textiles, and several other surgical-related product categories.

“This latest manufacturing recognition from HIRC comes on the heels of Medline achieving HIRC’s Diamond-level Resiliency Badge for distribution, highlighting the end-to-end resiliency of our supply chain,” said Josh Wolfe, senior vice president of inventory management for Medline. “Medline’s investments in global manufacturing, sourcing, and logistics infrastructure have helped build a supply chain that keeps healthcare customers prepared through any challenge.”

Factors that contribute to the badge evaluations include Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Visibility, Supplier Management, Risk Management & Contingency, Operational Health and Market.

“Medline has achieved a profound accomplishment as the first to obtain diamond status for the Resiliency badge assessment across multiple manufacturing categories,” said Jesse Schafer, executive director of HIRC. “This achievement validates with rigorous evidence that Medline has demonstrated both operational and risk management maturity. Companies with this designation have the oversight, process, and infrastructure to more often maintain strong resiliency and continuity of supply.”

Since 2018, Medline has invested nearly $2.3 billion through its Healthcare Resilience Initiative, a national capital expenditure campaign that has included new distribution centers, manufacturing capabilities and information technology (IT) upgrades to support the long-term supply chain needs of healthcare providers.