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What does a supply chain leader of the future look like? How do health care organizations attract and retain young professionals in the supply chain? Are healthcare organizations at a place to take advantage of the growing talent of skilled professionals and use them to their full potential? As the world continues to change at incredible rates fueled by technology, health care organizations face i...

Listen in, then click here to take your Surgio test drive! https://www.surgio.com/offers/test-drive // Is it possible to have true alignment between Supply Chain & Sterile Processing around the challenges of vendor management & vendor inventory? What if you didn't have to build these bridges alone?  Joining us for this Power Supply Vendor Spotlight™ is Jeff Wertz, Chief Commercial Officer of Surgi...

In today's fast-paced and constantly changing healthcare industry, how do supply chain leaders face the challenge of aligning their resources to provide optimal efficiencies to meet the demands of their hospitals? What are the "5 Rights" of supply chain operations? How do healthcare supply chains learn from each other and promote self-learning to advance their own operations? Matt Putman, Director...

How do supplies get from manufacturers on another continent to our loading docks? How many handoffs and modes of transportation are required to get products from point A to point B? From rail, to road, to ocean,  Samantha  Jones, VP of Revenue at Rocketshipping is a subject matter expert on all things freight management! We are all reliant on the shipping industry to move EVERY single product we b...

Hospitals are pillars of health, healing and hope in our communities, but what impact do these facilities have on waste streams with so many single-use items? Has COVID changed the way we think about being good stewards of our limited resources and challenged the linear consumption model with a move towards resiliency and a circular economy model where possible? What can a hospital really control?...

How can hospitals reduce waste, recover dollars, and find sustainable solutions? How long does your manual physical inventory count process take? Do you require clinical staff to help count inventory, which takes them away from patient care activities during these constant workforce shortages? Does your manual inventory count give you visibility into expiration dates, lot numbers, and reference nu...

Supply chain interacts with basically every area of healthcare, but can these teams also help improve HCAHPS scores?  Suzi  Collins joins Justin Poulin, Garry Skinner and Hays Waldrop to discuss how she's using social media to reach and develop her team into valuable drivers of staff and patient satisfaction.  Suzi  outlines the importance of effective communication and teaching her team to have a...

Did you know Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are responsible for providing care to 20% of the population who reside in vast expanses of rural America that comprise 80% of the landmass in the US? These facilities are an essential part of the communities they serve but face unique challenges with limited resources compared to their larger counterparts in more populous areas. Shane McGuire , CEO of...

What do revenue models have to do with the profitability of your Operating Room and hospital at large? How is the changing landscape going to impact the bottom line of your facility today and into the future? From charge stickers on every item, to capitation rates and merit-based incentive pay, we're all experiencing a transformation in the payment structure of patient care even if we can't quite...

"What's better than a 50% improvement? 100% automation!" -  Reuben Mathew  Philip s spends some time discussing the benefits of automation with Justin Poulin and Hays Waldrop.  Running the same report manually every day, week or month? Clicking through the same fields day in and day out to complete routine tasks? Automation can eliminate these arduous functions and give valuable time back to emplo...

Who really has the power in implant cost negotiations in your hospital? How do you get the strategic insights you need to gain better pricing and cost controls across your health system when every dollar counts? Richard Palarea, CEO of Kermit, joins us for this Power Supply Vendor Spotlight™ to talk about how their team created a software that prevents supplier overcharging through business and cl...

The last couple of years have brought significant challenges in procurement of routine medical supplies with ongoing backorders, allocations and product substitutions - how can the healthcare supply chain work to build resiliency and security with strategic initiatives? After years of the healthcare industry transitioning to single-use products, many healthcare supply chains are now evaluating and...

Vendor representatives, especially those supporting cases, spend 40% of their time on logistics.  With a significant shift from W2s to 1099 representatives over the last few years, there has been a growing need for third party logistics support especially for the growing number of 1099s, as well as for the manufacturers relying on those independent reps. Hunter Fleetwood joins Hays Waldrop, Garry...

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go,  Bob Yokl talks about that reoccurring feeling you get when you step into your supply chain meetings: "Well, we have seen the same phenomenon with hospital value analysis teams who repeat the same team meeting again and again. We have mentioned before how we frequently read the minutes of value analysis teams going back a year and then are...

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go,  Bob Yokl talks about three data analytics you should consider using in your day-to-day as a supply chain leader: "We are all looking for enhancements that will add value to our healthcare value analysis process without adding more time, work, or resources to generate even greater savings yields, or quality and safety improvements. The eas...

Who has mentored you during your Supply Chain career? How critical have they been to your professional growth? While there is a difference between coaching and mentoring, they both have an important role in developing tomorrows leaders in our industry. Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin welcome Joe Walsh to tell us about why he got into #healthcaresupplychain, his experience as an execu...

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go,  Bob Yokl talks about getting the most out of your limited supply chain resources (people & finances!): "Everyone knows that delegation saves time and has a multiplier effect on your healthcare supply chain efforts. Nevertheless, too many supply chain professionals still do most of the work of their value analysis teams. That's not what te...

What does clinical curiosity and disciplined courage have to do with supporting the healthcare supply chain? What do you get when you combine a combat medic, MBA, and a medical device rep? On this episode of the Power Supply podcast, our team sat down with Greg VanDyne, MBA to talk about his experience as a Green Beret, the impact of pursing an MBA, and why he sees so much value in engaging on soc...

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go,  Bob Yokl talks about the importance of putting your supply chain plan in writing: "The most critical element of your report should be your problem statement. The reason for this is that if you can't identify a real, tangible, and critical problem that needs to be solved, your management or customers won't be interested in solving it NOW....

Most manufacturers are not making every component of their products and rely on their own suppliers.  The number of suppliers can be many and the bill of material can be up to 70-80% outsourced.  This is why having an internal framework for managing those relationships and aligning that framework to protect market position and enhance the customer experience is crucial.  Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinne...

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go,  Bob Yokl talks about the ups and downs of brainstorming in the healthcare supply chain decision making process: "Other experts have said that there are a lot of bad ideas thrown around in brainstorming sessions and that they should be vigorously debated and then eliminated immediately. Our opinion is that if you follow these recommendatio...

Backorders, supply chain disruption and now Inflation?!  We may be worried about the impact of inflation on our daily lives, but what does this mean for healthcare?  What can we expect as the hits just keep on coming?  David Dobrzykowski, Claudia Rosales, and Andrew Balthrop from the University of Arkansas -- Sam M. Walton College of Business join Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin to s...

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go,  Bob Yokl talks about why price is the smallest element of your lifecycle cost equation: "Too often when a product, service, or technology is purchased, it is considered a completed transaction by your contract managers once they have obtained the best price, and then it is quickly forgotten. You might not realize it, but this is the #1 re...

Many of us have felt that Just-In-Time is dead thanks to the pandemic and the increasing number of shortages we have experienced, but maybe not!  Wade Blom joins Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin to offer up a brighter future for the inventory management strategy that was used extensively leading up to the pandemic.  We also learn how we set ourselves up for failure and what can be don...

"Healthcare is focused on patient experience and outcomes. We have HCAHPS scores and quality metrics, but these are all at the end of the service line. However, farther upstream, even before a device is delivered to the hospital, there are decisions that are being made that impact those patient experiences and outcomes. How do we take into account all the variables from a higher level and integrat...