Besse Medical Supply in West Chester has accomplished what many small, family-run startups dream of: becoming part of a Fortune 26 company while holding onto family tradition.
Besse Medical Supply started out as a Cincinnati corner pharmacy in 1948, eventually growing into a business supplying medical products to local physicians. Today, as a division of the
AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, part of the Fortune 26
AmerisourceBergen Corp., Besse Medical Supply continues that business model on a larger scale.
Besse is one of the nation's leading distributors of vaccines and biologicals, brand name and generic injectables and pharmaceuticals, diagnostic test kits, surgical supplies and more. Customers include physician's offices, specialty groups, clinics, occupational health facilities and health departments.
Besse employs 100 in West Chester, most in customer service, and has a shared distribution center in Louisville, Ky.
Mick Besse, company president and general manager, credits Besse's investment in technology � assuring that products get where they need to go, quickly and safely � and commitment to customers among its reasons for success. Much of the business has gone online, Besse said.
"Our investment in technology has gone to improving service to our customers, to support our vision of being partner to our healthcare providers and manufacturing partners," Besse said.
Source: Mick Besse, Besse Medical SupplyWriter: Feoshia Henderson