During the pandemic, UCSF Medical Center asked Salesforce for help getting surgical masks and PPE. Salesforce connected them with Alibaba and volunteers to scale the effort, delivering 60 million pieces of PPE globally through rapid cross-organizational logistics.
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This is a mask. But this is more.
Than a mask.
This is UCSF Medical center asking Salesforce for help. This is a team being assembled overnight. Anyone have any ideas? These are not medical supply distribution specialists.
Dad, look.
This is Salesforce asking Alibaba for help.
This is not a man who speaks Mandarin.
This is a.
Woman who speaks Mandarin. And this is her ordering 500,000 surgical.
Masks for delivery to UCSF. This is big. This is not big.
This is nothing.
This is a new goal. Is that nine.
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Only goal? This is a start. This is momentum. This is daunting. Hey, babe.
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Fajitas? Or is it. This is not straightforward. This is a logistical nightmare. This is not a normal time to be working. This is a moment of doubt. This is Salesforce getting others involved. This is a movement. This is working. This is 60 million pieces of PPE delivered to frontline workers all over the world in a matter of weeks. Even the island of Hawaii. This is trailblazer stepping up. This is business as a platform for change. But this is also a mask, and you should wear one.