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Sixty Years Of Healthcare Supply Chain Wisdom
Season three opens with a twist: Tom Redding takes the interviewer’s chair to explore Fred Crans's 60-year journey across healthcare logistics and supply chain. What follows is a fast-paced, deeply human conversation about resilience, mentorship, and the kind of innovation that doesn’t always look like a shiny device. From typing memos and walking hospital campuses to orchestrating complex, data-driven IDNs, Fred shows how the fundamentals—relationships, clarity, and integrity—scale with technology rather than get replaced by it.
Fred’s story reframes what “innovation” really means. As a Navy…
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