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Article: Attacks spur emergency planning; forge closer supply chain partner ties.(News)
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- Healthcare Purchasing News
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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Imagine a day when everything you worked so hard to organize, to simplify, to improve, to predict, comes apart with an enormous gush in a few traumatic minutes. That day was, of course, Sept. 11, 2001--one of the worst days in American history. The horror, human toll and the repercussions have been well documented.
But the behind-the-scenes experiences of medical supply distributors and manufacturers in the New York metropolitan area that day showed how with a sizeable dose of resourcefulness and large measure of cooperation, even a badly disrupted supply chain can still function in a crisis.
That chaotic Tuesday morning, treatment protocols shifted and ...