Intermountain Health’s supply chain organization is celebrating a 40,000-square-foot expansion at its state-of-the-art warehouse in Midvale, Utah.

The upgrade, which allows for a 30% increase in bulk space storage for vital medical supplies, is part of an effort to increase cost savings and emergency preparedness.

The upgrade allows for supplies currently being stored in rented spaces to be consolidated under one roof at the Intermountain supply chain warehouse, saving more than $12 million annually. Additional savings will come from avoiding thousands of unnecessary trucking miles to ship supplies back and forth from other warehouses.
“This expansion is another step in our continuous effort to streamline our supply chain while adapting to growing needs of our communities,” said Allison Corry, chief supply chain officer at Intermountain Health. “Being able to store large amounts of vital medical supplies played a major role in getting us through the pandemic and this new space will make us resilient for the next emergency.”

The new space also allows for an expansion of the pharmacy fulfillment center, which already operates at the supply chain warehouse and fills nearly a million prescriptions annually.

It’s rare for health systems to own and manage large warehouses for supply chain needs, but at Intermountain it’s key to keeping costs low and medical supplies and medication accessible. The warehouse handles daily deliveries of supplies and other logistics to hospitals and clinics in Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada.

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