Top 25 Healthcare Supply Chains

Last week AMR Research released its Healthcare Top 25, which ranks companies that have best demonstrated leadership in building supply chain excellence and innovation that drives significant business results.

"The healthcare industry's attitude towards supply chain innovation is changing," said Hussain Mooraj, vice president of AMR Research's healthcare practice. "Supply chain is gaining recognition as a key enabler of the core mission in healthcare organizations: the delivery of high-quality care to the patient at the optimal economic cost."

The AMR Research Healthcare Top 25 for 2009 are:

1. Johnson & Johnson
2. Sisters of Mercy
3. Cardinal Health
4. Owens & Minor
5. McKesson
6. CVS Caremark
7. Abbott
8. Novartis
9. BD (Becton, Dickinson)
10. Wyeth
11. GlaxoSmithKline
12. AstraZeneca
13. AmerisourceBergen
14. Walgreens
15. Covidien
16. Cleveland Clinic
17. Merck
18. Genentech
19. Alcon Laboratories
20. Medtronic
21. Boston Scientific
22. BJC HealthCare
23. Roche
24. Amgen
25. Mayo Clinic