5S Space Optimization: The Final Frontier of Storage

For many healthcare organizations, space is at a premium.  Especially when it comes to storing supplies that are necessary for patient care.  Keeping them organized can also be difficult considering that a multitude of staff from a variety of departments require constant access.  On this episode of Power Supply Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin speak with Monique Albornoz, Principal at Clinical 5S Space Innovations to discuss how the 5S methodology within the lean framework can help your organization optimize the space you already have or design a new/renovated area with sustainability in mind.

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How Important is Price in the Healthcare Value Analysis Equation?

On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl argues for looking beyond a price-only view of your Supply Chain responsibilities: “If you are just attacking the price at the pump, then you are missing huge savings opportunities in your products, configurations, deliveries, and disposal cost.

While price is important, it pales in comparison to your total cost of acquisition to disposition of everything you are buying. That’s why price is only 38% of the value equation and the balance of your product, service, and technology cost is 62%. What cost drivers will obtain the best return-on-your-investment if you put them under your value analysis microscope? I’m sure you now know the answer to this question…” 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

Membership Has its Privileges: Arming Supply Chain for the Future

You may already know about the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management’s (AHRMM) CQO movement, but have you heard about the YPAC (Young Professionals Advisory council)?  Perhaps you’ve earned your Certified Material & Resource Professional (CMRP) and attended AHRMM’s annual conference and exhibition to get CECs, but you’ll be surprised to hear all that the education committee has in store for Supply Chain leaders around the country.  On this episode of Power Supply, we sit down with Brian Bartel and Mike Schiller to talk about the valuable resources available to AHRMM members and the organization’s plans for advancing the future of Supply Chain excellence. We hope you can join us for this special organizational spotlight!

For more information, visit http://ahrmm.org and don’t forget to check out the Learning UDI Community and Job Boards!

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3 Ways to Avoid Playing “Small Ball” With Your Hospital’s Supply Chain Expenses

On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl makes the case for looking at the big picture and big wins available to your hospital Supply Chain team: “Don’t get bogged down researching special requests, or as I like to call it “trivia”, when there are dozens of high value savings targets that you should be working on. Running down these oddities might be fun to do, but it will limit the time available to you for more important work.

It’s easy for us to get trapped in the “small ball” game, or things that we feel comfortable with, bring us gratification, and show some results. We must avoid this temptation at all costs if we are to play in the supply chain big leagues where no one wins the World Series by playing “small ball”. We must always have our eye on the big picture!…” 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

Competent Performers: How to align measurements and goals to develop effective KPIs

How do you incorporate operational measurements into the larger context of managing expenses and delivering care to the community?  Is your health system able to effectively connect those measures to the most important KPI, patient outcomes?  On this episode of Power Supply Lana Makhanik, CEO from VueMed joins Hays Waldrop, Garry Skinner and Justin Poulin to discuss strategies for developing competencies and KPIs when operationalizing patient care processes throughout your organization.  We hope you can join us!

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Healthcare Value Analysis: Diagnose Before You Prescribe A Solution

On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl describes the importance of diagnosing your healthcare Supply Chain challenges before trying to implement a solution: “The simple truth is that we, as an industry, are treating symptoms of a problem more often than the actual cause of the behavior with so-so results. To correct this behavior, diagnose before you prescribe a solution. This will enable you to root out the causes of your cost and quality issues and then stamp out all waste and inefficiencies in your supply streams…” 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