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The secret to best-in-class supply chains: best practice: it's all about the strategic plan
There are many good supply chain operations in healthcare today. Supply chain practitioners are overseeing teams that reliably get the right...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 11/01/09 by David S. Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Establish a protective bond with legal counsel: working with attorneys can be costly, but wise investment
Contracts are legally binding documents where the parties agree to certain actions (or inactions). The supply chain routinely negotiates contracts...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 07/01/09 by David S. Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Measuring inventory accuracy: counts, dollar variances, turnover rates drive this best practice
The three most frequent questions I see regarding inventories are: The three most frequent questions I see regarding inventories are: * What is...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 05/01/09 by David S. Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Justifying limited storage locations: surgical suites, particularly, must adopt this best practice
While much has been written about reducing inventory, the fact remains that holding inventory is relatively inexpensive. Maintaining high inventory...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 03/01/09 by David S. Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Cycling up for cycle counting: year-end inventory valuation not easy but necessary
Is it time for the dreaded year-end physical inventory? Generally accepted accounting procedures require that you have an accurate valuation of...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 01/01/09 by David S. Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Team negotiations can lead to better purchasing decisions: materials management's working with end users make clinical, fiscal difference
For as long as the department has existed, materials management has been struggling to gain a level of control over all the spending for equipment,...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 11/01/08 by David S. Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Why tracking and reporting savings is so critical: without rigor, important practice left open to criticism
In the July 2006 column we reviewed the best practice of measuring and reporting performance indicators. One performance measure I did not include...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 09/01/08 by David S. Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Expressing control over agency power: healthcare facilities must tighten the reins on who contractually commits funding
One common practice that separates healthcare from most other major industries is the level of supply chain decentralization, One common practice...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 07/01/08 by David Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Making a case for fully integrated case carts: to support the OR merely with case carts is no longer enough
The use of case carts in the OR has been practiced for a long time. In the beginning central service began sending all the instrumentation for a...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 05/01/08 by David Kaczmarek · More from publication -
Keeping stocked is PAR for the course: automated resupply methods must be flexible for effectiveness
Virtually all hospitals now use some form of automated resupply for at least their nursing units. And whether they use open shelves, closed...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 03/01/08 by David Kaczmarek · More from publication
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