Welcome to BlueBin's Resilience Focus newsletter! We're excited to bring you insights on the intersection of comprehensive resilience, including supply chain resilience, patient care, and staff safety. This newsletter will provide valuable analysis and strategies to help you navigate the challenges of maintaining a truly resilient healthcare organization and supply chain. Stay tuned for expert insights and actionable tips to strengthen your decision-making in the face of adversity!
Employee Spotlight
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Learn more about the folks here at BlueBin who keep supplies and operations flowing.
Carl Petschke
Why I'm Passionate About Healthcare Supply Chain
Healthcare is full of inefficiencies—from delays to over-ordering. I’m driven to remove these barriers by ensuring teams get the right product at the right time. Strong supply chain-clinical partnerships reduce stress, boost efficiency, and improve patient care
A Moment That Stands Out
At one hospital, converting to BlueBin’s 2-Bin system streamlined operations so effectively that the supply chain team could absorb ordering and delivery for Pharmacy/Fluids and Respiratory, without adding any staff. It created a more unified, agile supply chain for the entire facility.
Outside of Work
I’m a big fan of sports—especially soccer, tennis, and running—and love spending time outdoors. Lately, I’ve also been working on turning my brown thumb green!
Industry News
Learn what's happening in healthcare resilience.
Chief Healthcare Executive: For hospitals, building resilience around climate change isn’t optional With 90% of U.S. hospitals at climate risk, leaders must treat resilience as a patient safety mandate—investing in infrastructure and disaster preparedness to protect lives, assets, and care continuity.
With 88% of rising cyberattacks targeting small and mid-sized providers, and 30% stemming from third-party vulnerabilities, healthcare leaders must treat cybersecurity as a core operational risk—requiring proactive patching, partner audits, and cyber-physical crisis simulations to protect care continuity.
Rural hospitals, vital to 46M Americans, face severe cyber threats from ransomware and phishing, yet only 29% have basic protections—making urgent cyber hygiene and public-private investment essential to prevent service collapse and safeguard national emergency response.
BlueBin Client Success Story
Learn more about BlueBin client partner successes.
UCHealth achieved best-in-class resilience by pairing BlueQ Analytics with clinician collaboration to anticipate disruptions, eliminate stockouts, and maintain lean inventory. This proves that true resilience is proactive, data-driven, and team-aligned.
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Request a Complimentary Supply Chain Resilience Assessment
For a limited time, BlueBin is offering a complimentary supply chain resilience assessment for healthcare organizations, including acute and non-acute facilities, to evaluate their resilience framework against industry-leading practices.
Note: BlueBin’s mission is to transform healthcare by enhancing the supply chain process, ensuring that patient care staff have the right supplies at the right time and maximizing efficiency. In line with this mission, BlueBin advocates for and supports the AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence. By focusing on improving inventory management, optimizing supply chain processes, and minimizing waste, we aim to reduce costs, accelerate operational efficiency, and enhance clinical outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence serve as key performance indicators (KPIs), establishing essential standards for supply chain management in the healthcare field. Learn more about the AHRMM Keys.
Case study summary: Hospitals must treat resilience as a dynamic, system-wide capability—especially in resource-limited settings—by adopting scalable, all-hazard strategies, piloting real-world solutions, and aligning efforts with local needs to ensure sustainable, adaptable care amid emerging risks.
Did you know? BlueBin enables hospitals—especially in resource-constrained settings—to build system-wide resilience through scalable Kanban solutions that deliver real-time visibility, automate replenishment, and ensure care continuity during crises, transforming supply chains into adaptive lifelines aligned with HEDRM frameworks.
Resilience Tip
Identify and Prepare Substitute Products:
Develop a strategy for identifying alternative products that can serve as substitutes for critical items. Create contingency plans by establishing signed contracts with alternative vendors and pre-qualifying them for swift procurement. This preparation allows for quick pivots during disruptions, ensuring that the supply chain remains resilient and responsive to changing circumstances.
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