Near When You Need Them: Hacking the Disposable Tourniquets Supply Chain

What is “nearshoring” and how can it solve many of your most pressing healthcare supply chain issues? On this Power Supply Vendor Spotlight™ we highlight Caresfield, an organization that began serving in the niche of healthcare labels, but eventually grew into disposable tourniquets, patient ID bands, cohesive bandages and specimen collection products. Nick Fruge, VP of Operations joins Justin Poulin for this Vendor Spotlight™ to talk about this US based manufacturer which was the first to launch a tourniquet line with a variety of bright colors to reduce the risk of leave-on accidents and serves the healthcare industry with heart. The need for manufacturing sustainability in healthcare was a hard lesson we all learned during the pandemic, as many struggled to manage the high volume of backorders facing our hospitals. Tune in to hear about a company who is working to be “near” when you need them!

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Taking it Personal: Asset Management & the World’s First ANAB Accredited ISO 55001 Hospital

What is the difference between real property and personal property in healthcare?  While the initial tag for real property may seem the most costly, did you know that personal property often costs more than real property?  How does your organization manage personal property in terms of maintaining an accurate inventory, tracking the assets and accounting for depreciation?  On this episode of the Power Supply podcast, Arthur Kurland joins Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin to paint a true picture of personal property, offer up some best practices for asset management throughout the lifecycle, and shares a success story from the front lines about obtaining ISO 55001 certification!

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Cost Savings for Your Hospital in Challenging Times

On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl highlights some important tips for navigating current (and future) supply chain challenges: “There is a tendency to beat up on your suppliers in challenging times, but your suppliers are having the same challenges you are in the new healthcare economy, such as lower profits, higher costs, and a disruptive marketplace. This is a short-term strategy which can hurt you over the long term when you will need your suppliers most to assist you with managing your patient population. Much better short-term strategies are to join a regional group purchasing organization, standardize on PPI items, increase your GPO compliance organization-wide, and of course knock down the major utilization areas if you can uncover them. …..” Tune in for the full article! Loving the #PowerSupply conversations? You can now download our free mobile app: Apple: https://zcu.io/sx2h Android: https://zcu.io/xJSJ And listen at: iTunes -> https://zcu.io/3Zef Spotify -> https://zcu.io/eBXx Stitcher -> https://zcu.io/2gMi Amazon Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/Xo2S Google Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/O8SY #PowerSupply #Podcast #Education #SupplyChain #Healthcare #Purchasing #Contracting #ValueAnalysis

Hospital Supply Chain Project Cycle Time

On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl shares three tips for monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) of your projects: “It’s been our experience that the most important factor in the selection of your core project team membership (the people who get things done on time and on budget) is that they must be “agents of change.” They then can seek out customers, stakeholders, and experts to fill in their ranks who have the necessary knowledge and expertise to allow them to successfully complete their assigned task. This might seem like a strange or foreign team structure to you, but we have found over the years that heterogeneous vs. homogenous project teams work best to make lasting change happen…..” Tune in for the full article! Loving the #PowerSupply conversations? You can now download our free mobile app: Apple: https://zcu.io/sx2h Android: https://zcu.io/xJSJ And listen at: iTunes -> https://zcu.io/3Zef Spotify -> https://zcu.io/eBXx Stitcher -> https://zcu.io/2gMi Amazon Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/Xo2S Google Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/O8SY #PowerSupply #Podcast #Education #SupplyChain #Healthcare #Purchasing #Contracting #ValueAnalysis

Value Analysis Automation: Codifying Workflows

Value Analysis workflows have been managed manually for far too long.  Has your organization adopted technology to better manage the process and break down the silos within the supply chain?  Stephen Kinsella, Owner of the Data Leverage Group joins Justin Poulin to share his success with helping supply chain automate value analysis by codifying the workflows within the VAMS solution.  Stephen also shares his secret sauce for research and development to ensure that the technology continues to evolve based on the needs of the clients that are utilizing VAMS and participate in regular user group meetings.

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