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An order management redesign and the launch of Candor, a scrub line built to compete with Figs, for one of the largest medical supply companies in the country.

  • Everest
  • Product Management
  • Launch Strategy

Medline

The goal

Medline is one of the largest medical supply companies in the country. Two jobs: redesign the order management system behind its digital business, and launch Candor, a direct-to-consumer scrub line built to compete with Figs in a $200 million market.

The challenge

Healthcare commerce is not forgiving. The buyer might be a nurse, a procurement lead or a patient at home, and the screen has to be clear and right for all of them. Candor added a second problem: a B2B giant had to learn to sell direct to the people wearing the scrubs.

My role

I led product across Medline's digital products, including Medline at Home, carrying both the order management redesign and the Candor launch strategy.

How I approached it

Clarity over cleverness. In healthcare a confusing screen is not just annoying, it can be a real problem, so every decision came back to one question: does this make the right thing obvious. For Candor, that meant a B2C platform that feels like a consumer brand, not a catalog.

In healthcare, a confusing screen is not just annoying. It can be a real problem.

The result

A redesigned order management experience behind more than $15 billion in orders, and a new B2C platform that put Medline in the scrubs fight.

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Medline at Home homepage with a Get well, Be well hero
Medline online managed care login page
Account dashboard listing orders in a table
Order detail screen with line items and totals
Order tracking view with status rows
Order tracking detail with shipment status
Order detail with a side panel of order information
Reorder list with quick reorder buttons

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