We talk with Stuart Wooster, a former hospital supply chain leader now on the supplier side, about how value, quality, and risk management change when you build products as well as deliver them. The result is a practical playbook for resilience, smarter negotiations, and better outcomes.
• value as quality, service, and cost combined
• community hospitals sustained by smart scale, not size alone
• provider reliance on GPOs versus strategic insourcing
• manufacturing quality, traceability, and parametric release
• distributor windows and the true causes of stockouts
• advanced wound care total cost versus unit price
• dual sourcing, localization, and FTZ strategy
• negotiation tactics and fair margin for RD
• clinician feedback loops and supplier collaboration
• resilience planning for uncertainty and disruption
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