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"Shirley Temple" can teach us a lot
On Thursday, June 25, 2009, I experienced what can only be described as a life-clarifying moment. I have been in the healthcare field for 45 years...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 10/01/09 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication -
Serendipity can be music to your ears
To this point, most of my offerings have been stories from my 40-plus years in healthcare. It has been fun to reminisce, but according to Tony...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 08/01/09 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication -
Relationships drive transitional supply chain leaders: fundamental philosophy not rocket science, but star-crossed
In our inaugural offering concerning transforming the supply chain (in May 2009 Healthcare Purchasing News), numerous references were made to Star...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 07/01/09 by Fred W. Crans; Nick Gaich; Ed Hisscock · More from publication -
Remembering pioneers who cleared brush, forged paths
Last night I watched "The Express," the story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win college football's most prized individual...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 06/01/09 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication -
Seeking out the next-generation supply chain leaders: '5 Rs' will boldly transform future operations
In the Book of Ecclesiastes (1: 9-14), King Solomon wrote, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 05/01/09 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication -
Corralling storeroom cowboys
From 1983 through the end of 1989 I was Director of Materials Management of Timken Mercy Medical Center in Canton, OH. As such I had responsibility...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 03/01/09 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication -
How costly is the consignment convenience?
Twenty-five years ago I wrote an article for what is now Healthcare Purchasing News titled "Consignment and the Cost of Convenience." At that time...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 11/01/08 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication -
It goes to show you never can tell
Twice in my working life I have learned the same lesson: You never know the impact of your actions on others. Twice in my working life I have...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 10/01/08 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication -
Making sport of the hot flash dare
Anyone who has known me for any length of lime knows that I believe you should have fun in the workplace. Starting as far back as my Baptist...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 09/01/08 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication -
Black and white, but not gray
I have always respected the job done by the people who do the work at the hospital--the folks who work in food service, SPD, the mailroom,...
Healthcare Purchasing News, 07/01/08 by Fred W. Crans · More from publication
