Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (B)
Posted: 21 May 2009
Date Written: April 15, 2009
Abstract
The epilogue to Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A), the B case details the outcome of the issues discussed in Case A; namely that Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor did implement the TSCC contract. Virginia Mason also kept the suture contract with O&M because the TSCC model was able to prove that O&M was the low-cost provider. Case B also gives results metrics, such as reduction in line items, orders, and days sales outstanding.
JEL Classification: M40, M46, D40, G31
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Narayanan, V. G. and Brem, Lisa, Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (B) (April 15, 2009). HBS Case No. 109-077, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Paper No. 1408126, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1408126
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