MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) - 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 new upgrade allows for 30 percent more bulk space storage for vital medical supplies, which is a part of its efforts for 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. This step alone will save more than $12 million annually. Extra savings also comes 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. This makes room for new storage machines and upgraded automated systems to fill orders for patients.

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. This was especially important during the pandemic when having the space for storage allowed them to stock up on supplies when they were available.

The Intermountain warehouse handles daily deliveries of supplies and other logistics to hospitals and clinics in Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada.

Sponsored by Intermountain Health.