Eric O'Daffer is a Research VP in the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain group. Mr. O'Daffer's focus is on the end-to-end healthcare supply chain, starting at the point of patient care looking back. He focuses most of his time with providers and how they best manage all the components of supply chain. This involves both their internal processes as well as best practices for partnering with their suppliers to optimize patient outcomes at the best delivered cost possible. Eric has written over 100 research notes on the healthcare supply chain, delivered 40+ conference presentations and taken over 4000 individual advisory calls with healthcare providers. He leads Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 program and IDN Supply Chain Benchmarking Program.
