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Cardinal Health Product

To deliver healthcare products and solutions that improve lives by becoming healthcare's most trusted partner

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To deliver healthcare products and solutions that improve lives by becoming healthcare's most trusted partner

Strengths

  • DISTRIBUTION: Extensive healthcare network serving 90% of US hospitals
  • SCALE: $200B annual revenue with robust global supply chain
  • PORTFOLIO: Diverse medical products and pharma distribution lines
  • RELATIONSHIPS: Strong partnerships with healthcare providers
  • EXPERTISE: Deep industry knowledge and regulatory compliance

Weaknesses

  • INNOVATION: Slower digital transformation than competitors
  • MARGIN: Thin pharmaceutical distribution profit margins (1-2%)
  • INTEGRATION: Siloed product development across business units
  • AGILITY: Lengthy product development cycles averaging 18 months
  • TALENT: Difficult recruiting top digital product talent

Opportunities

  • ANALYTICS: Leverage supply chain data for predictive insights
  • SPECIALTY: Expand high-margin specialty pharmaceutical services
  • OUTCOMES: Develop value-based care technology solutions
  • AUTOMATION: Implement AI-driven inventory management systems
  • AT-HOME: Capitalize on shift to home healthcare product delivery

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Amazon's growing healthcare vertical integration
  • PRICING: Continued pharmaceutical pricing pressure from PBMs
  • REGULATION: Increasing regulatory scrutiny in drug distribution
  • DISRUPTION: New tech entrants reshaping healthcare delivery
  • COSTS: Rising operating costs impacting profitability

Key Priorities

  • PLATFORM: Build unified digital healthcare delivery platform
  • ANALYTICS: Develop data-driven decision tools for providers
  • SPECIALTY: Expand high-margin specialty products portfolio
  • AUTOMATION: Implement AI supply chain optimization solutions
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To deliver healthcare products and solutions that improve lives by becoming healthcare's most trusted partner

UNIFIED PLATFORM

Create seamless healthcare delivery experience

  • ARCHITECTURE: Develop unified product platform architecture and roadmap by EOQ
  • INTEGRATION: Connect 75% of existing provider-facing products to shared data layer
  • EXPERIENCE: Achieve 40% reduction in provider clicks for common ordering workflows
  • ADOPTION: Increase digital platform monthly active users by 35% across customer base
DATA INTELLIGENCE

Transform provider decisions with predictive insights

  • ANALYTICS: Launch predictive inventory dashboard with 90% forecast accuracy
  • ADOPTION: Achieve 60% provider adoption of analytics platform within 90 days
  • OUTCOMES: Demonstrate 15% inventory cost reduction for pilot healthcare systems
  • EXPANSION: Integrate clinical outcomes data into analytics platform for 5 key specialties
SPECIALTY GROWTH

Dominate high-margin specialty product categories

  • PORTFOLIO: Launch 3 new specialty pharmaceutical digital management solutions
  • REVENUE: Increase specialty segment digital product revenue by 25% QoQ
  • RETENTION: Achieve 92% customer retention rate for specialty product users
  • EXPANSION: Extend specialty products to 200 new healthcare provider accounts
AI ACCELERATION

Reimagine supply chain with intelligent automation

  • IMPLEMENTATION: Deploy AI inventory optimization in 500 customer locations
  • EFFICIENCY: Reduce customer supply chain waste by 18% through predictive ordering
  • TALENT: Hire 15 AI/ML specialized product engineers and data scientists
  • INNOVATION: Launch AI-powered demand forecasting beta with 25 strategic customers
METRICS
  • Medical segment profit growth: 15% by Q4 2025
  • Digital platform revenue: $125M quarterly run rate
  • Net Promoter Score (NPS): Increase from 35 to 50
VALUES
  • Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards
  • Inclusive: We embrace differences to drive the best outcomes
  • Innovative: We develop new ways to improve healthcare delivery
  • Accountable: We take ownership for our actions and outcomes
  • Excellence: We strive to be best-in-class in everything we do
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Align the learnings

Cardinal Health Product Retrospective

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To deliver healthcare products and solutions that improve lives by becoming healthcare's most trusted partner

What Went Well

  • REVENUE: Medical segment revenue grew 9% YoY exceeding projections by 2%
  • MARGINS: Pharmaceutical segment gross margin improved 80 basis points
  • DIGITAL: Digital ordering platform adoption increased 25% among customers
  • SPECIALTY: Specialty pharmaceutical services revenue grew 17% YoY
  • COST: Successfully implemented $250M cost reduction initiatives

Not So Well

  • INTEGRATION: Post-acquisition tech platform integration delays continued
  • INNOVATION: New product development timelines exceeded targets by 30%
  • RETENTION: Digital product team turnover reached concerning 22% annually
  • ADOPTION: Provider analytics platform usage below 40% adoption target
  • COMPETITION: Lost 3% market share to emerging healthcare tech entrants

Learnings

  • FOCUS: Spreading resources across too many initiatives diluted impact
  • DATA: Need more robust data strategy to power product innovations
  • AGILE: Traditional waterfall approach slowing product development cycles
  • TALENT: Technical talent acquisition requires competitive compensation
  • CUSTOMER: Provider feedback needs earlier integration in product design

Action Items

  • PLATFORM: Consolidate digital offerings into unified provider platform
  • TALENT: Implement aggressive AI/ML product talent acquisition strategy
  • AGILE: Transition product teams to agile methodology by end of Q3 2025
  • DATA: Establish centralized data platform to power all product decisions
  • INTEGRATION: Streamline tech stack to reduce complexity and maintenance
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To deliver healthcare products and solutions that improve lives by becoming healthcare's most trusted partner

Strengths

  • DATA: Massive healthcare transaction data for AI training
  • INVESTMENT: $100M+ AI innovation budget for 2025
  • TALENT: Recently formed specialized AI product team
  • INFRASTRUCTURE: Robust cloud infrastructure for AI deployment
  • PILOTS: Successful AI inventory management pilot programs

Weaknesses

  • SILOS: Fragmented data architecture limits AI model potential
  • EXPERTISE: Limited specialized healthcare AI talent in-house
  • LEGACY: Older systems challenging to integrate with AI
  • ADOPTION: Slow internal AI tool adoption across teams
  • GOVERNANCE: Incomplete AI ethics and governance framework

Opportunities

  • PREDICTIVE: AI-powered demand forecasting to reduce waste
  • PERSONALIZATION: Tailored provider recommendations
  • AUTOMATION: Streamline supply chain with generative AI
  • INSIGHTS: Real-time analytics for healthcare providers
  • EFFICIENCY: Reduce operating costs through AI optimization

Threats

  • COMPETITORS: Tech giants investing heavily in healthcare AI
  • SECURITY: Increasing AI-related data security concerns
  • REGULATION: Evolving FDA and HIPAA AI compliance requirements
  • TALENT: Fierce competition for healthcare AI specialists
  • ETHICS: Potential AI bias issues in healthcare applications

Key Priorities

  • PLATFORM: Develop unified AI-powered healthcare insights platform
  • TALENT: Acquire specialized healthcare AI product talent
  • INTEGRATION: Create seamless AI integration with existing systems
  • GOVERNANCE: Establish comprehensive AI ethics framework