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News|Podcasts|April 17, 2026
Strategic Operations, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Resilience
Author(s)Avantor, Inc.
BioPharm International sat down with Mary Blenn, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Avantor, to discuss how superior manufacturing and supply chain performance are key to delivering a consistently exceptional customer experience. Blenn walks us through strategic investment strategies in capabilities and operational design. These initiatives validate how modernized ways of working translate into better reliability, faster delivery, higher quality and more predictable performance for customers across the globe.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how targeted investments in manufacturing and supply chain strengthen reliability, quality and long-term value for customers.
- Learn the key to balancing operations that support an “in-region, for-region” model while remaining agile enough to meet customer needs at speed and scale.
- Highlight best practices to accelerate the adoption of standardizations and efficiencies across a global network.
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