Adam Momper Interview Notes

Momper, Adam. Personal Interview. 23 October 2020

10/23/20 15:00-16:00

Adam Momper is a Supply Chain Administrator at UVA. Moved from Ambulatory to Supply Chain.

UVA Hospital uses a “Low Unit of Measure” system:
- Outside distributor
  - Owens and Minor
- Medline
- Cardinal Health
Also a Con-bon system:
- ‘4 days and 4 days’: There are 4 days of supplies available at any point in time
Owens and Minor makes 3 deliveries a day to UVA (they have a distribution center 45 minutes away)
UVA has a small offsite warehouse on Ivy Road

In March, they bought 6 months (based on historical data) of extra PPE
Some items will have seasonal adjustments
- Needle usage will increase during flu season, N95’s not so much
Significant Fedex/UPS delays
- Flights in early march delayed (“Hectic”)
Had some contracts+ connections through Darden
Placed restrictions/rations on equipment
Avoided being ‘burned’ – paying for supplies without receiving them
Finally got some large orders in
One of UVA’s pathologists developed 3d printed swab sticks (https://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2020/08/25/uva-designed-covid-19-swab/)

We blew through the SNS (https://hbr.org/2020/09/why-the-u-s-still-has-a-severe-shortage-of-medical-supplies)
- SNS will be essential- and regional
- Distributors can sell to states, who support a coalition of hospitals in a geographic region
- Longer term solutions
  - Take risk away from hospitals/distribute it among them
  - Define who will get what and how
  - Detailed plan on the state/federal level
Pandemic might push to more manufacturing closer the Americas
Global Supply Chain is still sporadic
6-months package had mixed results but was a pretty good estimate
- Short on gloves
UVA had to increase partnerships
- Owens and Minor does some quality control
- “Value Analysis/Management Department”
  - Stuck to the vetting process (e.g. demanding samples before paying for items on the ‘Grey Market’)

Advice:

‘Don’t stop buying’ but be strategic
Determine demand first
Write about “If the market can’t supply you with swabs, then model doesn’t matter” in your thesis
Be innovative
Look up CDC PPE Calculator