CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH AND WYETH
PRESENT NEXUS AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT TO
INDUSTRY LEADER RON BONE

Arlington, VA – October 30, 2007 – The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research (formerly the HDMA Research & Education Foundation) and Wyeth honored Ron Bone, McKesson Supply Solutions’ Senior Vice President, Distribution Support, with the 2007 NEXUS Award for Lifetime Achievement at the recent HDMA Annual Leadership Forum in Phoenix, Arizona. The NEXUS Award is the industry’s highest honor, recognizing leadership, exemplary service and professional excellence in the healthcare industry and the community. 

“Ron Bone is a true leader, who has worked tirelessly to help supply chain partners explore and understand revolutionary new supply chain technologies, including RFID" said John M. Gray, HDMA President and CEO and President of the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research. "Ron’s energy and his operational knowledge are tremendously valuable to the industry, and he has worked with countless industry groups and allied trade associations to help advance supply chain safety, efficiency and value. He is widely respected among distributors, manufacturers and customers for his ability to develop innovative, technology and business solutions to supply chain challenges.”

Ron Bone has worked for McKesson for more than 33 years in a wide variety of roles, including operations, sales and financial management. In his current position, Bone oversees all company involvement in RFID, electronic Controlled Substance Ordering System (CSOS), SAP and field distribution network standardization. He also serves as a member of the HDMA Industry Relations Council, the Center’s Supply Chain Issues Research Committee Work Group, of the EPCglobal Business Steering Committee and as one of the three chairs of the EPCglobal Healthcare and Life Sciences Business Action Group.

"Ron Bone’s accomplishments and his tireless commitment to research and business strategies that enhance the safe and efficient delivery of healthcare products and services make him a very deserving winner of the NEXUS Award," said Karen Ribler, Executive Vice President and COO of the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research. “The Center and the NEXUS Award supporter, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., are pleased to recognize Ron’s three decades of significant achievements with our industry’s highest honor.”

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