Hear from national GPO executives as they share their perspectives on the critical challenges facing IDNs today, including digital transformation and AI, regulatory and policy volatility, and margin compression. Each speaker will highlight key areas where IDNs can gain a competitive edge by providing actionable insights based on real-world experiences.

Gain firsthand knowledge from leading health system executives who understand the landscape from a uniquely broad vantage point. Learn how top-performing organizations are responding to disruption, leveraging emerging technologies, and protecting margins in an increasingly complex environment.

Learning Objectives:
1. Assess how digital transformation and AI applications are reshaping supply chain for IDNs.
2. Interpret the impact of current regulatory and policy changes on supply chain strategy to anticipate future challenges in your organization.
3. Distinguish between effective and ineffective approaches to margin protection based on real-world GPO insights across multiple health systems.
4. Formulate strategic responses to emerging industry challenges by applying GPO-validated best practices to your organizational context.

True transformation demands discipline, alignment, and accountability at every level of the organization. Many leading IDNs have begun “laddering” strategies, goals, and tactics to drive meaningful, lasting change within supply chain operations. Through proven approaches to impactful change management using methods like Hoshin Kanri, Integrated Strategic Management Systems, True North Operating Systems, and Enterprise Transformation Offices, supply chain can begin to build the structures, communication, and momentum needed to turn great ideas into sustained action.

Join industry thought leaders prioritizing transformation in their organizations as they share the strategies making the biggest impact on organizational alignment. 

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify key components of strategy deployment methodologies to align supply chain operations and organizational priorities.
2. Evaluate the real impact of laddering strategies attempting to create lasting change to determine their potential impact on your organization.
3. Analyze real-world examples of change management structures to understand which method delivers the longest lasting impact.
4. Compare alignment in supply chain to other areas of your organization to identify unique pain points. 

A strong organizational structure is the backbone of an effective IDN. In this session, hear from industry thought leaders as they explore how their supply chains are designing and refining structures that align people, processes, and resources for maximum impact. Learn strategies to free up capacity, redeploy talent, and acquire additional enterprise responsibilities. Discover how intentional organizational design can unlock efficiency, elevate performance, and position your organization for long-term success.

Join supply chain executives who have successfully redesigned their departments to better serve their organizations and hear how structural decisions directly impact operational outcomes, talent retention, and strategic influence within the enterprise.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify organizational design principles that enable supply chain teams to align resources with strategic priorities and operational demands.
2. Evaluate strategies for capacity optimization and talent redeployment to determine their applicability within your current organizational structure.
3. Analyze how leading IDNs structure their supply chain functions to expand enterprise responsibilities and increase strategic value.
4. Contrast organizational design concepts to assess gaps in your current structure and develop actionable improvements for long-term performance.