“While the supply chain has faced isolated spot shortages in the past due to natural disasters and other health crises, no single state, country, government or manufacturer could have fully prepared for the 7X to 30X global surge in demand for critical supplies as a result of COVID-19.
“However, over the course of the pandemic, Premier worked with contracted suppliers to ramp up production – in many cases by more than double or triple historic demand levels. Premier also implemented a range of strategies to obtain products, including direct sourcing, forward buys, special distribution arrangements and other non-traditional partnerships…”