There's been an evolution during the pandemic on the importance of the laboratory supply chain. Many health systems historically operated on a just-in-time approach, which was a standard practice until the pandemic, said Emily Berlin, Vice President Laboratory Marketing & Aero-Med Commercial Sales and Operations. But then weaknesses in this approach were identified. So, by partnering with a laboratory distributor, healthcare systems can create resiliency plans on the necessary products they need within their facilities to keep patient care and testing ongoing. Having a distribution partner who understands the laboratory from both a technical and logistics perspective has never been more important.