McKesson Empowering Healthcare | Corporate Citizenship Report 2008-2009

our voices
- John Hammergren Welcome to our Corporate Citizenship
  Report. As CEO I'm proud of what
  we've accomplished.
- Carrie Varoquiers I'm VP of Corporate Citizenship
  and am pleased to share our
  efforts with you.
- Ammie Rabicke I help manage our newest Distribution
  Center, which was designed with
  environmental impact in mind.
- Ana Valdes, MD The McKesson Foundation has helped our community clinic treat more low-income patients.
- Clayton Crawford I manage our buildings and am looking
  for opportunities to cut our energy
  consumption and costs.
- Daina Chiu Diversity isn't just the right
  thing to do, it's how we do
  business better.
- Employees of the Conroe
  Distribution Center Employees in Conroe, TX
  discuss their quick response
  to Hurricane Ike.
- John Foley and Tommy Morris We're recycling close
  to 2 million pill bottles
  every year.
- John Sapp I'm finding practical solutions
  to help protect patient data
  with HITRUST.
- Julia Rexin and Dean Wetherbee We're helping to give our customers
  more environmentally friendly
  product alternatives.
- Liz Maw At Net Impact we work with companies
  like McKesson to create a more socially and
  environmentally sustainable world.
- Matt Tuchow Being a good corporate citizen
  means doing more than just
  complying with the law.
- Matthew Carr McKesson helps me volunteer
  as a firefighter and EMT in
  my community.
- Patt Dillon McKesson is helping me fulfill a long-term
  goal of going back to school. In doing so,
  I'm able to help myself and the company.
- Stacey Williams and Pamela Yoon A diverse employee population
  helped us engage with an
  important customer.
- Tom Schultz My veteran-owned
  company is a proud partner
  with McKesson.
- Vince Manno By improving our packaging,
  we're saving money and helping
  the environment.
- Wendy Winter and Ghia Jacobs As employee volunteers on the McKesson
  Environmental Council, we help not just the
  company, but the planet.
- Yoichi Miyazaki I'm working to help our employees
  reduce travel for meetings, saving money
  and reducing emissions.
our efforts
- Employees Employees are where everything starts
  here at McKesson.
- Patients and Customers We're working daily to make healthcare
  work better for all.
- Environmental Sustainability Our commitment extends to the health
  of the planet.
- Community Investment We are a part of the communities in which
  we do business.
- Public Policy We help policymakers find solutions to
  challenging healthcare issues.
our company
- Our Shared Principles Discover what guides our day-to-day interactions and decisions.
- Who We Are More than just individuals, we are one of
  the largest healthcare companies in the U.S.
- How We Work Our company operates with a
  commitment to the highest standards of business conduct and ethics.
- About This Report Learn about our approach to citizenship reporting.
- GRI By the Numbers We've used the Global Reporting
  Initiative's indicators to organize
  information in this report.
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  you're most interested in.

I work on the team that makes AcuDose-Rx medication dispensing cabinets. These cabinets incorporate technology that helps increase the safety, security and accuracy of drug dispensing at many hospitals. As you might expect, this technology involves computers and circuit boards.

In February 2009, we revised one of the drawer circuit boards installed in these cabinets. As a result, we needed to replace about 25,000 boards at various customer sites.

Industrial Engineer
McKesson Provider Technologies
Warrendale, PA

Vince Manno

The original process for shipping these new circuit boards to our service associates — and for them to ship the old boards back to us — included a lot of bubble wrap, anti-static foil and tape to protect the boards. We literally saw one or two dumpsters get filled with bubble wrap and foil every day. We knew there had to be a better way to ship the boards, one that offered better protection and that didn't create so much waste.

This better way involved creating a new slotted packaging system made of anti-static foam that we could use over and over again to ship both the new and old boards. In fact, when we showed the new packaging idea to our circuit board vendor, they adopted the packaging and reduced the price we paid for the boards, thanks to the savings they realized in packaging and labor costs.

This packaging change saves us approximately $17,000 each year and we don't send as much garbage to the landfill. It's been so successful that I'm looking for other opportunities to reduce our packaging and save money.