Mckesson Supply Chain Management System

McKesson Corporation was founded by John McKesson and Charles Olcott in 1833 in New York City. The corporation first started off with a primary focus of importing and wholesaling pharmaceutical products; McKesson Corporation is now one of the largest providers of medicines, pharmaceutical supplies and information technology products and services in the United States. Its industry is the leader in pharmaceutical distribution in the United States and Canada, Medical-surgical distribution to alternate care sites, generic pharmaceutical distribution, hospital automation and medical-management software and services to payers. McKesson’s company is made up of many businesses that are categorized into two categories, distribution solutions and technology solutions. Distribution solutions is the largest pharmaceutical distributor is North America, delivering pharmaceuticals to pharmacies and hospitals. Technology solutions provide software, services and home health care agencies and payers. More than 70% of hospitals in the United States use McKesson’s hardware and software. …show more content…
By doing this, their supply chain automates and streamlines all their supply chain management functions. McKesson Corporation does have a vertical marketing system and the type of system is an administered system. This corporation uses and administered system that consists of wholesalers, retailers and producers and where the system provides a channel leader. McKesson’s role in the vertical marketing system is a wholesaler. This is where the company wholesales pharmaceuticals and health services to hospitals and