Backorders have been wreaking havoc on supply chain for nearly two years and it appears that they are here to stay! On this week’s episode of the Power Supply podcast, Suzi Collins joins Hays Waldrop, Gary Skinner and Justin Poulin to talk about how her organization has developed processes to better manage backorders and give…
Read MoreMachine learning and artificial intelligence are driving innovation and creating the tools that will take Supply Chain to the next level. In this week’s episode of Power Supply, Vincent Matozzo CEO & Managing Partner at Paradigm Venture Group LLC joins the rest of the team to share his vision for the future of Supply Chain…
Read MorePreference cards can be time consuming to maintain but also an ongoing opportunity to remove waste from the system from both the clinical & supply side. Ensuring that your efforts are not in vain takes good data, a commitment from multiple departments, adoption from leadership, and a sustainable process. On this week’s episode of the…
Read MoreHow has the pandemic and frequent backorders impacted your ability to provide necessary supplies to the clinicians on the front lines? How much time and effort was required of your health system to find available items already in stock so that they could be redistributed to other areas in need? How flexible and sophisticated are…
Read MoreHave you squeezed all the juice out of line items savings? Do you find yourself spending more and more time on RFPs and proposals that represent smaller and smaller savings? Do you struggle to develop and coordinate value analysis committees that can work efficiently and deliver the results that make a true impact on the…
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How compliant is your hospital with managing product recalls? What if that one you miss causes a sentinel event? Everyone agrees the use of email and paper mailings to send notifications is vastly outdated, but what is the real opportunity to utilize technology and bring our recall potential into the 21st century? On this episode…
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In healthcare, small changes in regulations and disruptions in supply chain can have a ripple effect on an industry. On this Power Supply Vendor Spotlight, we talk with Christian Berling, VP of Sales and Marketing at Heine, about going back to the drawing board to manufacture the industry’s only reusable LED laryngoscope handle that can…
Read MoreValue analysis committees have begun to focus on form and function for the front lines versus taking a traditional supplier-oriented approach with their strategic sourcing initiatives. Having clinical representation has been a key component to the success of these initiatives and the industry has seen more and more nurses becoming involved in supply chain. On…
Read MoreMissing items and the associated reimbursements are an enormous challenge to controlling costs related to Vendor managed inventory. Transparency and quality data is integral to finding areas for improvement related to chargebacks. Keerthi Kanubaddi, CEO at ReadySet Surgical joins us for this episode of Power Supply to talk about the opportunity to align Suppliers and…
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Supply Chain initiatives have a direct impact on the healthcare institution’s ability to generate revenue, but in many cases the collaboration is nearly non-existent. How do we bridge the gap between revenue cycle and supply chain to ensure a successful and coordinated effort? Kelli McRory from Jefferson Health in Philadelphia provides a roadmap for engaging…
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