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How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Network?

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, at Supply Chain Insights , as part of our monthly webinar series, I hosted a panel discussion on the current state of the healthcare value network. Hosting this webinar series is one of the favorite parts of my job as the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. I think both factors are at play. Focus on Value-based Outcomes.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. I disagreed.

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Three Questions People are Afraid to Ask….

Supply Chain Shaman

By purchasing planning and transactional systems for a common vendor, they had one throat to choke and they were familiar with the architectural elements. Join us next week for our webinar on Supply Chain 2020. In addition, I am now done with the page proofs for my new book, Metrics that Matter. The book is a story.

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Achieving Healthcare Transformation, Powered by Supply Chain

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Buying supplies, equipment, low preference items and the latest innovations to support high-value care delivery is expensive and while it’s not an area where you want to skimp, there are certainly ways to reduce these expenses without impacting quality of care. The Path to Supply Chain Excellence. Watch a BSW webinar here.

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Misnomer

Supply Chain Shaman

This team is not buying the message. So much so, that three years ago, I founded a research company to focus on understanding supply chain excellence. This starts by clearly defining the roles of each function, and then focusing the cross-functional teams on the same metrics. “Lucky me,” I thought, and smiled.

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Like A Green Lump of Clay….

Supply Chain Shaman

As I picked it up , I saw a twitter alert welcoming people to the APICS webinar with @lcecere on Agility that afternoon. As we went live with the webinar, I laughed. In this blog post, I publically answer the questions from the webinar. Q: You mention that Executive Buy-in is the biggest stumbling block. It was 6:00 AM.

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Why Have We Not Reduced Inventory?

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, as I prepare for our second webinar on October 26th at Supply Chain Insights , I am working with Abby Mayer (@indexgirl) to understand the performance of discrete industries over the past decade. Companies cannot achieve supply chain excellence by working discrete projects in isolation. I love having this capability now.