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Here are 3 strategic, cost-effective reasons to license BLF’s Supply Chain Maturity Assessment Tool (SCMAT)

SCHAUMBURG, IL (March 11, 2026) — If you're a supply chain executive, leader or manager at a healthcare provider organization seeking cost-effective ways to ensure you and your team are performing at a level to meet demand, then Bellwether League Foundation™ has a solution that will help: It's the updated Supply Chain Maturity Assessment Tool (SCMAT 2.0)

BLF's SCMAT represents a useful tool that enables healthcare provider organizations to self-evaluate the development, growth and measurable quality in 8 major areas of their supply chain operations. SCMAT 2.0 was modernized by active supply chain leaders working in today's healthcare environment who understand how to keep moving forward through any challenge.

Here are three strategic, cost-effective reasons for providers to license SCMAT for their supply chain operations:

1. With SCMAT 2.0, you control the pace of the assessment process with your team.
2. With SCMAT 2.0, you determine where you currently rate yourself to be able to prioritize the areas that will provide optimal efficiency.
3. With SCMAT 2.0, if you do need a third-party consultant to come in to assist in execution, you can jumpstart the process using your SCMAT data to direct them to areas you've already targeted for improvement to get a fast, high and valuable return on investment.

BLF applies the licensing proceeds to its scholarship fund to support the education and development of next-generation supply chain executives, leaders and professionals, including current and incoming college students and professionals on your team looking to advance their executive careers.

"During my hospital value management career, I wish I'd had an inexpensive, effective tool like this to use rather than justifying expensive consulting that in the end was not sustainable," said Barbara Strain, Bellwether Class of 2021, BLF Board Chairman

BLF encourages providers to invest in their success by licensing and applying the SCMAT to their operations. BLF also encourages suppliers to help spread awareness of this useful tool and to promote this valuable and worthwhile opportunity to their provider customers. For licensing details, please contact BLF by email at info@bellwetherleague.org.

About Bellwether League Foundation

Bellwether League FoundationTM (BLF) is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization that offers programs to educate, endow and evaluate professionals in healthcare supply chain performance excellence. BLF accomplishes this through its primary operation, the Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership Hall of FameTM, its growing philanthropic efforts, which include Collegiate Capstone Projects and scholarships and its various multimedia properties.

The Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership Hall of Fame evaluates and validates professionals submitted for consideration in its three award programs: Bellwether Honorees, Ammer Honorees and Future Famers. The Hall of Fame also offers educational and professional development content via the annual Bellwether Leadership Symposium and its "Leaders & Luminaries" multimedia properties of online and printed content.

The Hall of Fame selects deceased, retired and currently active professionals with a minimum of 25 years of exemplary service and leadership performance in supply chain operations that meet its criteria to be recognized publicly as Bellwether Class Honorees.

Future Famers represent supply chain professionals early in their healthcare careers (first 10- 12 years) who do not yet qualify for Bellwether consideration but have contributed meaningfully to the profession and industry.

Honorees who receive the "Dean S. Ammer Award for Healthcare Supply Chain Performance Excellence" represent noteworthy executives and professionals in the middle of their careers who, through their innovative leadership and influential project management experience, best exemplify the practice and spirit of healthcare supply chain performance excellence.

To date, the Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership Hall of Fame has inducted 148 innovators, leaders and pioneers in healthcare supply chain management in seven distinct categories: Provider- Based Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Distribution, Group Purchasing, Consulting Services, Academia and Media. The Hall of Fame also has recognized 42 Future Famers and six Ammer Honorees.

BLF's philanthropy efforts support capstone educational and developmental projects, grants and scholarships to college-bound high school students who plan to study supply chain curricula, current college students who major in supply chain-related careers and professionals who pursue continuing education through associations and universities.

BLF salutes its six sustaining sponsors at the Founding/Platinum level — GHX, HealthTrust, Owens & Minor, Premier, Vizient and Wingfoot Media — and more than 21 additional sustaining sponsors at the Gold, Silver and Bronze levels. This is a dedicated group that represents manufacturers, distributors, group purchasing organizations (GPOs), integrated delivery networks (IDNs), consulting firms, associations and media outlets. BLF also appreciates and thanks its devoted corporate and professional donors for their generosity, participation and partnership.

Launched in late July 2007 by a group of influential veterans in the healthcare supply chain industry, Bellwether League Foundation began as a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit corporation that upgraded to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in January 2021.