Power Supply

Without supplies there is no surgery. Without products there is no patient care. Welcome to Power Supply – the healthcare supply chain podcast focused on helping you navigate the intricacies of logistics, purchasing, contracting and supplier relationships. Each episode we speak with healthcare executives, supply chain leaders, and innovative entrepreneurs from across the country as they share their stories, experience and expertise on the industry we love. From the loading dock to strategic sourcing, for buyers to the C-Suite and across the enterprise — we tackle the real-life issues impacting the health care supply chain. Whether you’re tuning in for conversation or inspiration, we’re glad you’re here. You’re just in time to hear it from the source and stock up on insight, so sit back and plug into Power Supply…

4 Tips from Motorsports You Too Can Use in Your Own Pursuit of Supply Chain Excellence

On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl takes a unique look at healthcare supply chain through the lens of a completely different industry filled with competition and a drive for excellence: “It is amazing what your healthcare supply chain organization can learn from another totally different yet high-tech industry. In this case, it was an article from BBC Sports about the Mercedes Formula 1 racing team who won seven consecutive championships on their “relentless pursuit of excellence.” More specifically, how Toto Wolff, head of Mercedes’s motorsport program, never stops pushing for even higher performance from his award-winning team. Here are four tips from Wolff that you too can use in your own pursuit of supply chain excellence…”

Release the Back(en): Slaying the Backorder Monster in Supply Chain

Backorders have been wreaking havoc on supply chain for nearly two years and it appears that they are here to stay!  On this week’s episode of the Power Supply podcast, Suzi Collins joins Hays Waldrop, Gary Skinner and Justin Poulin to talk about how her organization has developed processes to better manage backorders and give her team the confidence to work autonomously.  One secret: Never take a simple “No” without gathering more information.  Don’t forget to download the smart phone app for Apple or Android to access bonus content for select episodes including the workflow diagram developed by Suzi as we discussed on this show.

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The Speed of Savings: Interoperability in Supply Chain through Data Visualization

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are driving innovation and creating the tools that will take Supply Chain to the next level. In this week’s episode of Power Supply, Vincent Matozzo CEO & Managing Partner at Paradigm Venture Group LLC joins the rest of the team to share his vision for the future of Supply Chain and what can be done today to view aggregated data from disparate platforms and make that information work for you! With the proper guardrails and governance in place, we can then begin to put these tools to work so that we learn faster, drive outcomes and become more resilient.  But first, we need to connect each of these tools so that they can work together with sophisticated dashboards that are targeting the right metrics. Tune in for more!

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Maintain the Gains: Successfully Tackling the Preference Card Challenge

Preference cards can be time consuming to maintain but also an ongoing opportunity to remove waste from the system from both the clinical & supply side.  Ensuring that your efforts are not in vain takes good data, a commitment from multiple departments, adoption from leadership, and a sustainable process.  On this week’s episode of the Power Supply podcast, Susan Pfeifer and Alison Sonstelie join us to discuss their recent success in tackling the preference card challenge in their facility. Tune in for common sense insights around cultivating collaboration between your supply chain & clinical leadership as they share their recipe for success!

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A Remedy for Hoarders? Centers of Consolidated Excellence

How has the pandemic and frequent backorders impacted your ability to provide necessary supplies to the clinicians on the front lines?  How much time and effort was required of your health system to find available items already in stock so that they could be redistributed to other areas in need?  How flexible and sophisticated are your sourcing options when PPE is hard to find and in high demand?  On this week’s episode of the Power Supply podcast we talk to Cory Turner from Tecsys on the topic of consolidated services centers and effective strategies for addressing the potential impact of CSCs from an operational, financial and strategic viewpoint.  Post your favorite hoarding stories and comments below, visit powersupplymedia.net or email your most interesting stories to powersupplymedia@gmail.com to join the conversation!   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

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Over the Line (Items): Supply Chain Savings 101

Have you squeezed all the juice out of line items savings?  Do you find yourself spending more and more time on RFPs and proposals that represent smaller and smaller savings?  Do you struggle to develop and coordinate value analysis committees that can work efficiently and deliver the results that make a true impact on the bottom line?  Well, then this episode is for you.  Bob Yokl, an experienced and successful podcaster in his own right, shares his knowledge and experience with Value Analysis and how to make it work for your organization.  Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin learn from the Podfather of supply chain podcasting about how to shift from price to savings, why value analysis strategies fail, and get some best practices to ensure your success!

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