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Healthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 58 - 4 Reasons Why Supply Utilization Savings Are Better Than Price SavingsI was just made aware by my staff last week that they are now seeing annualized price savings for even the most contract compliant hospitals, systems, and IDNs that have shrunk to 1% to 2% from 2% to 4% of overall budget over the last decade. This is a startling change in supply chain economics that I would credit to the positive impact of national and regional GPO contracts over the last ten years. However, these price reductions (1% to 2% annually) aren’t nearly robust enough to move the needle on supply expenses in today’s unstable healthcare economy. That’s why it is mission critic...2020-08-0727 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 58 - 4 Reasons Why Supply Utilization Savings Are Better Than Price SavingsI was just made aware by my staff last week that they are now seeing annualized price savings for even the most contract compliant hospitals, systems, and IDNs that have shrunk to 1% to 2% from 2% to 4% of overall budget over the last decade. This is a startling change in supply chain economics that I would credit to the positive impact of national and regional GPO contracts over the last ten years. However, these price reductions (1% to 2% annually) aren’t nearly robust enough to move the needle on supply expenses in today’s unstable healthcare economy. That’s why it is mission critic...2020-08-0727 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 57 - Healthcare Supply Utilization Management: What It Is and What It Is Not!In any industry there is terminology that is slow to be adopted but then becomes mainstream and functional. One of these mainstream terms that we use in healthcare today is supply chain management, which was created in concept in 1961 but not fully adopted by the healthcare industry until the late 1990s. Another one is healthcare value analysis which was created back in the late 1940s after World War II but did not transcend into the healthcare supply chain world until the 1970s and is not fully adopted as of yet.2020-06-2929 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 57 - Healthcare Supply Utilization Management: What It Is and What It Is Not!In any industry there is terminology that is slow to be adopted but then becomes mainstream and functional. One of these mainstream terms that we use in healthcare today is supply chain management, which was created in concept in 1961 but not fully adopted by the healthcare industry until the late 1990s. Another one is healthcare value analysis which was created back in the late 1940s after World War II but did not transcend into the healthcare supply chain world until the 1970s and is not fully adopted as of yet.2020-06-2929 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 56 - 11 Ways to Fast Track Non-Salary SavingsSince hospitals have been asked to temporarily shut down primary revenue sources of their operations, such as major elective surgeries, they will need to reduce costs to the lowest possible levels while regaining their bottom lines. Here are just a few ways that I would recommend this be accomplished:2020-05-1143 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 56 - 11 Ways to Fast Track Non-Salary SavingsSince hospitals have been asked to temporarily shut down primary revenue sources of their operations, such as major elective surgeries, they will need to reduce costs to the lowest possible levels while regaining their bottom lines. Here are just a few ways that I would recommend this be accomplished:2020-05-1143 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 55 - Three Key Areas for Dramatically Lowering Your Supply Chain Expenses“The pace of decline of profitability margins is slower than it has been in past years, but they are still down. Median operating margins reached 1.7% in 2018, down from 1.8% in 2017. A more sustainable operating margin would be around 2.5%,” said Christopher Kerns, executive director at the Advisory Board. That’s why it is mission critical for supply chain professionals to dramatically lower their supply chain expenses to boost their hospital, system, or IDN’s margins. There are few other options left for healthcare organizations to do so. With this said, here are three keys to dramatically lower your supply chain expenses in 2020 beyond j...2020-04-1420 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 55 - Three Key Areas for Dramatically Lowering Your Supply Chain Expenses“The pace of decline of profitability margins is slower than it has been in past years, but they are still down. Median operating margins reached 1.7% in 2018, down from 1.8% in 2017. A more sustainable operating margin would be around 2.5%,” said Christopher Kerns, executive director at the Advisory Board. That’s why it is mission critical for supply chain professionals to dramatically lower their supply chain expenses to boost their hospital, system, or IDN’s margins. There are few other options left for healthcare organizations to do so. With this said, here are three keys to dramatically lower your supply chain expenses in 2020 beyond j...2020-04-1420 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 54 - Value Analysis Evolution: The Commitment to ExcellenceThe dynamics of value analysis in healthcare have radically changed for the better in the last 20 years. We have watched as healthcare organizations moved from “sole practitioners” managing this VA function to vice presidents (in some healthcare organizations) determining the relative worth of the products, services, and technologies they are buying. Yet, with few exceptions, hospitals, systems, and IDNs have not reached the “Superior Performance Stage” of evolution in this supply chain discipline.2020-03-1628 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 54 - Value Analysis Evolution: The Commitment to ExcellenceThe dynamics of value analysis in healthcare have radically changed for the better in the last 20 years. We have watched as healthcare organizations moved from “sole practitioners” managing this VA function to vice presidents (in some healthcare organizations) determining the relative worth of the products, services, and technologies they are buying. Yet, with few exceptions, hospitals, systems, and IDNs have not reached the “Superior Performance Stage” of evolution in this supply chain discipline.2020-03-1628 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 53 - 3 Ways to Plug Your Leaky Savings BucketImagine a bucket filled with a dozen holes. Now, imagine trying to keep that bucket full of water by adding more water to the bucket. Guess what. The holes continue to leak water, creating a vicious cycle that can go on forever. Now, change the word “water” in this sentence to “savings” and you can see how your healthcare organization could be losing millions of dollars annually in wasteful and inefficient consumption, misuse, misapplication, and value mismatches in your supply streams*. To stop this vicious cycle, here are three ways to plug your leaky savings bucket so you don’t lose any s...2020-02-2123 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 53 - 3 Ways to Plug Your Leaky Savings BucketImagine a bucket filled with a dozen holes. Now, imagine trying to keep that bucket full of water by adding more water to the bucket. Guess what. The holes continue to leak water, creating a vicious cycle that can go on forever. Now, change the word “water” in this sentence to “savings” and you can see how your healthcare organization could be losing millions of dollars annually in wasteful and inefficient consumption, misuse, misapplication, and value mismatches in your supply streams*. To stop this vicious cycle, here are three ways to plug your leaky savings bucket so you don’t lose any s...2020-02-2123 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 52 - Why Many Supply Chain Professionals Don't Believe Big Utilization Savings are RealizableDuring a recent conversation that Robert W. Yokl (SVAH’s VP, Supply Chain & VA) had with a system supply chain executive. This thought-provoking discussion he had with the system supply chain executive was about how he was targeting supply utilization in a new savings initiatives to achieve his organization’s savings goals beyond price strategies. Clearly, he knew what we know and that is that supply utilization management is the next new savings strategy that will take us to new levels of savings beyond price in the healthcare supply chain. But why don’t more healthcare supply chain leader...2019-11-2121 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 52 - Why Many Supply Chain Professionals Don't Believe Big Utilization Savings are RealizableDuring a recent conversation that Robert W. Yokl (SVAH’s VP, Supply Chain & VA) had with a system supply chain executive. This thought-provoking discussion he had with the system supply chain executive was about how he was targeting supply utilization in a new savings initiatives to achieve his organization’s savings goals beyond price strategies. Clearly, he knew what we know and that is that supply utilization management is the next new savings strategy that will take us to new levels of savings beyond price in the healthcare supply chain. But why don’t more healthcare supply chain leader...2019-11-2121 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 51 – Vested Outsourcing Applied to Purchase Services – Interview with Kate VitasekWe are excited today to have Kate Vitasek as our guest today who is a faculty of Graduate and Executive Education at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business Administration. She is the author of six books on the topic we are going to talk about today…Vested® Outsourcing. She has been featured on Bloomberg, CNN International, NPR, and Fox Business News. In addition, her insights have been widely published – including an article in this month’s Harvard Business Review. Find out more about Vested Outsourcing here:Vested OutsourcingLinkedin Profile for Kate Vita...2019-11-1349 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 51 – Vested Outsourcing Applied to Purchase Services – Interview with Kate VitasekWe are excited today to have Kate Vitasek as our guest today who is a faculty of Graduate and Executive Education at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business Administration. She is the author of six books on the topic we are going to talk about today…Vested® Outsourcing. She has been featured on Bloomberg, CNN International, NPR, and Fox Business News. In addition, her insights have been widely published – including an article in this month’s Harvard Business Review. Find out more about Vested Outsourcing here:Vested OutsourcingLinkedin Profile for Kate Vita...2019-11-1349 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 50 - Your Biggest Cost Savings Opportunity Is Often IgnoredFor many in the healthcare supply chain, this this catch phrase (“providing the right product, at the right time at the right place”) has been the cornerstone of the supply chain’s best practices for over 50 years. Yet, we fail to ask these important questions: What happens after the product is in our customers hands? What happens after the contract has been implemented/converted and/or value analysis has chosen the best valued product? We know that the right price is in our ERP/Purchasing Systems, but do we know if the projected savings hit our bottom line? In order to get...2019-09-2524 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 50 - Your Biggest Cost Savings Opportunity Is Often IgnoredFor many in the healthcare supply chain, this this catch phrase (“providing the right product, at the right time at the right place”) has been the cornerstone of the supply chain’s best practices for over 50 years. Yet, we fail to ask these important questions: What happens after the product is in our customers hands? What happens after the contract has been implemented/converted and/or value analysis has chosen the best valued product? We know that the right price is in our ERP/Purchasing Systems, but do we know if the projected savings hit our bottom line? In order to get...2019-09-2524 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast-49-4 Tips You Too Can Use In Your Own Pursuit of Supply Chain ExcellenceMy son, Robert W. Yokl, VP of SVAH Solutions, sent me an article the other day from BBC Sports about the Mercedes Formula 1 racing team, who won six 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’s four tips from Wolff that you too can use in your own pursuit of supply chain excellence2019-09-0926 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast-49-4 Tips You Too Can Use In Your Own Pursuit of Supply Chain ExcellenceMy son, Robert W. Yokl, VP of SVAH Solutions, sent me an article the other day from BBC Sports about the Mercedes Formula 1 racing team, who won six 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’s four tips from Wolff that you too can use in your own pursuit of supply chain excellence2019-09-0926 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast-49-4 Tips You Too Can Use In Your Own Pursuit of Supply Chain ExcellenceMy son, Robert W. Yokl, VP of SVAH Solutions, sent me an article the other day from BBC Sports about the Mercedes Formula 1 racing team, who won six 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’s four tips from Wolff that you too can use in your own pursuit of supply chain excellence2019-09-0926 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 48 - Ensuring Your Achieve All Your Short & Long Term Savings ResultsThe old supply chain adage of getting the right product at the right price to the right customer at the right time has always been a our goal. But what happens after the product is in the hands of the customer, the vendor contract is converted and/or the value analysis study is implemented? We know the pricing is right in our ERP/Purchasing Systems but does the dollars hit our bottom lines as we indend them to? Savings validation is a system to take away the “we believe we are going to saving based on our estimates from the pr...2019-07-1630 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 48 - Ensuring Your Achieve All Your Short & Long Term Savings ResultsThe old supply chain adage of getting the right product at the right price to the right customer at the right time has always been a our goal. But what happens after the product is in the hands of the customer, the vendor contract is converted and/or the value analysis study is implemented? We know the pricing is right in our ERP/Purchasing Systems but does the dollars hit our bottom lines as we indend them to? Savings validation is a system to take away the “we believe we are going to saving based on our estimates from the pr...2019-07-1630 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 47 – Setting Yourself Up for Success with Value Analysis AnalyticsValue analysis is a systematic process that does not have any software tied to it in any way. You may hear companies call their software Value Analysis Software but it is only software for tracking the project workflow of your various value analysis studies. As one client said to me who had a software in place, “It doesn’t do any value analysis at all.” What we are talking about is the next generation of reporting that is geared towards giving you the tools to make your value analysis job easier, better and quicker while giving you better for decision making...2019-05-0215 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 47 – Setting Yourself Up for Success with Value Analysis AnalyticsValue analysis is a systematic process that does not have any software tied to it in any way. You may hear companies call their software Value Analysis Software but it is only software for tracking the project workflow of your various value analysis studies. As one client said to me who had a software in place, “It doesn’t do any value analysis at all.” What we are talking about is the next generation of reporting that is geared towards giving you the tools to make your value analysis job easier, better and quicker while giving you better for decision making...2019-05-0215 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast3 Powerful Tactics to Ensure Your Healthcare Organization Has a Foolproof “Closed-Loop Savings Verification” ProcessAfter reading an article by David Shannon and Chuck Miller of Bain & Company about “Closed-Loop Savings Verification” processes (CLSV) in other industries, I discovered that this industry best practice also mirrored what is happening in healthcare. More and more, hospitals, systems and IDN’s CFOs are requiring their supply chain professionals to verify their projected savings on every savings initiative. In my opinion, this is because too often savings are reported by supply chain management to CFOs that never hits their healthcare organization’s bottom line. To avoid this from happening at your healthcare organization, here are three powerful...2019-04-2418 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast3 Powerful Tactics to Ensure Your Healthcare Organization Has a Foolproof “Closed-Loop Savings Verification” ProcessAfter reading an article by David Shannon and Chuck Miller of Bain & Company about “Closed-Loop Savings Verification” processes (CLSV) in other industries, I discovered that this industry best practice also mirrored what is happening in healthcare. More and more, hospitals, systems and IDN’s CFOs are requiring their supply chain professionals to verify their projected savings on every savings initiative. In my opinion, this is because too often savings are reported by supply chain management to CFOs that never hits their healthcare organization’s bottom line. To avoid this from happening at your healthcare organization, here are three powerful...2019-04-2418 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPosdcast 45-Hands Down the Best Tool in the Healthcare Supply Chain - Continual BenchmarkinBenchmarking is nothing new to the healthcare supply chain and clearly you are thinking right now that, “We Benchmark at Our Hospital/System!” So, you know the value of benchmarking from one level or another, but do we apply this to our supply chain and value analysis initiatives as much as we could? The answer to that question is a big no! Why is this? First and foremost, nobody wants to be compared to another organization and even worse, be told that you are weak or not up to snuff in an area that you should be or perhaps you feel...2019-03-1026 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPosdcast 45-Hands Down the Best Tool in the Healthcare Supply Chain - Continual BenchmarkinBenchmarking is nothing new to the healthcare supply chain and clearly you are thinking right now that, “We Benchmark at Our Hospital/System!” So, you know the value of benchmarking from one level or another, but do we apply this to our supply chain and value analysis initiatives as much as we could? The answer to that question is a big no! Why is this? First and foremost, nobody wants to be compared to another organization and even worse, be told that you are weak or not up to snuff in an area that you should be or perhaps you feel...2019-03-1026 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast4-Reasons Why It's Imperative that You and Your VA Teams Have TrainingHealthcare Value analysis training appears to be at the bottom of most VA practitioners to do list, yet it is an imperative that you and your VA teams have basic, advanced and then masterclass value analysis training. Not one-time training, but training on an on-going basis. One hospital we worked with that has annual VA training for their VA team leaders and VA team members. This is the only way to ensure that your VA training sticks. If this isn’t your practice too, here are 4 reasons why you must do so before your Hospital VA teams lose their edge2018-11-3020 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast4-Reasons Why It's Imperative that You and Your VA Teams Have TrainingHealthcare Value analysis training appears to be at the bottom of most VA practitioners to do list, yet it is an imperative that you and your VA teams have basic, advanced and then masterclass value analysis training. Not one-time training, but training on an on-going basis. One hospital we worked with that has annual VA training for their VA team leaders and VA team members. This is the only way to ensure that your VA training sticks. If this isn’t your practice too, here are 4 reasons why you must do so before your Hospital VA teams lose their edge2018-11-3020 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 43 - 6 Reasons Why You Need to Move Your Organization Towards Supply Utilization Management NowJust like the value analysis revolution that we experienced in the early 2000’s to the present we are now seeing that supply utilization management (SUM) is becoming a major buzzword in the healthcare supply chain.2018-09-1729 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 43 - 6 Reasons Why You Need to Move Your Organization Towards Supply Utilization Management NowJust like the value analysis revolution that we experienced in the early 2000’s to the present we are now seeing that supply utilization management (SUM) is becoming a major buzzword in the healthcare supply chain.2018-09-1729 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 42- 4 Things Supply Chain Leaders Need to Know About the Benefits of BenchmarkingIf you are a frequent reader of our blog, you would know that we are very high on hospital supply chain benchmarking because it will make your supply chain operation better than just good. Yet, for those who still doubt the benefits of healthcare supply benchmarking here are four things you need to know to change this mindset2018-09-0717 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 42- 4 Things Supply Chain Leaders Need to Know About the Benefits of BenchmarkingIf you are a frequent reader of our blog, you would know that we are very high on hospital supply chain benchmarking because it will make your supply chain operation better than just good. Yet, for those who still doubt the benefits of healthcare supply benchmarking here are four things you need to know to change this mindset2018-09-0717 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 41 - Avoid These 3 Big Pitfalls of Hospital Supply Chain Savings ProjectionsEvery healthcare supply chain organization we know of has either a monthly, quarterly and annual savings reports that they prepare for their senior healthcare management. Most are prepared on spreadsheets that limit the accuracy, comprehension and integrity of these reports. Consequently, here are three big pitfalls we see that you need to avoid if you want your savings reports to reflect your real short and long-term savings accurately.Plus we highlight two of the biggest savings areas in the healthcare supply chain that you should be aware of in our Q & A Section2018-08-2019 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 41 - Avoid These 3 Big Pitfalls of Hospital Supply Chain Savings ProjectionsEvery healthcare supply chain organization we know of has either a monthly, quarterly and annual savings reports that they prepare for their senior healthcare management. Most are prepared on spreadsheets that limit the accuracy, comprehension and integrity of these reports. Consequently, here are three big pitfalls we see that you need to avoid if you want your savings reports to reflect your real short and long-term savings accurately.Plus we highlight two of the biggest savings areas in the healthcare supply chain that you should be aware of in our Q & A Section2018-08-2019 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 40 - Value Analysis Strategic Planning - Why it is More Important Than Ever BeforeIn this podcast we will outline the major reasons why you need to have a VA Strategic Plan in the first place. Plus we will outline the 5 most important Elements to a Successful Value Analysis Strategic Plan. Finally we will highlight the top benefits that you and your organization will reap by having a Value Analysis Strategic Plan in place now and for the future!2018-08-0631 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 40 - Value Analysis Strategic Planning - Why it is More Important Than Ever BeforeIn this podcast we will outline the major reasons why you need to have a VA Strategic Plan in the first place. Plus we will outline the 5 most important Elements to a Successful Value Analysis Strategic Plan. Finally we will highlight the top benefits that you and your organization will reap by having a Value Analysis Strategic Plan in place now and for the future!2018-08-0631 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast5 Reasons for Automating Your Healthcare Value Analysis Programs Tasks & Activities NowThere seems to be reluctance to automate a hospital, system or IDN’s value analysis program’s tasks or activities at too many healthcare organizations, even though it could be a big productivity booster for their value analysis program. Here are five reasons to consider doing so in this fiscal year:2018-07-2519 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast5 Reasons for Automating Your Healthcare Value Analysis Programs Tasks & Activities NowThere seems to be reluctance to automate a hospital, system or IDN’s value analysis program’s tasks or activities at too many healthcare organizations, even though it could be a big productivity booster for their value analysis program. Here are five reasons to consider doing so in this fiscal year:2018-07-2519 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 38 - How to Save Even More Money with 5 Lessons Learned with Your Purchase ServicesWe at SVAH Solutions have been working with clients for 31-years to rein in their purchase services costs, so we have learned a few things (specifically five things) that we would like to share with you to help you save even more money than you are saving now. Here they are:2018-07-1119 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 38 - How to Save Even More Money with 5 Lessons Learned with Your Purchase ServicesWe at SVAH Solutions have been working with clients for 31-years to rein in their purchase services costs, so we have learned a few things (specifically five things) that we would like to share with you to help you save even more money than you are saving now. Here they are:2018-07-1119 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 37 - 5 Ways How to Create More Time to Perform Value AnalysisOf all the challenges that value analysis practitioners are facing, the lack of time to perform value analysis appears to be on top of their list. With this said, here are five ways how to create more time to perform value analysis at your healthcare organization2018-06-1526 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 37 - 5 Ways How to Create More Time to Perform Value AnalysisOf all the challenges that value analysis practitioners are facing, the lack of time to perform value analysis appears to be on top of their list. With this said, here are five ways how to create more time to perform value analysis at your healthcare organization2018-06-1526 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 36-The Top Five Things You Can do to Save More In Less Time with Less Effort in 2017The Top Five Things You Can do to Save More In Less Time with Less Effort in 20172017-03-1725 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 36-The Top Five Things You Can do to Save More In Less Time with Less Effort in 2017The Top Five Things You Can do to Save More In Less Time with Less Effort in 20172017-03-1725 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 35 - How to Win Arguments with Value AnalysisWe all know how many arguments we have lost in the past on our savings proposals and how frustrating it can be when that happens. We also know that we are on the right side of the argument, but we can’t understand why our customers can’t see what is obvious to us. How can we turn this situation around so that we win more arguments than we lose?2013-01-3117 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 35 - How to Win Arguments with Value AnalysisWe all know how many arguments we have lost in the past on our savings proposals and how frustrating it can be when that happens. We also know that we are on the right side of the argument, but we can’t understand why our customers can’t see what is obvious to us. How can we turn this situation around so that we win more arguments than we lose?2013-01-3117 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 34-Reining in Your Multimillion Dollar Purchase ServicesI would like you to look around your healthcare organization and ask yourself “Who’s in charge of your purchase services?” I can assure you, if you are honest with yourself, the answer is – nobody!The reason for this circumstance is that this function, at most healthcare organizations, has been outsourced to your department heads and managers with disastrous results. We have seen department heads sign purchase service multi-year contracts that have cost their healthcare organization hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, due to benign neglect.2013-01-3015 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 34-Reining in Your Multimillion Dollar Purchase ServicesI would like you to look around your healthcare organization and ask yourself “Who’s in charge of your purchase services?” I can assure you, if you are honest with yourself, the answer is – nobody!The reason for this circumstance is that this function, at most healthcare organizations, has been outsourced to your department heads and managers with disastrous results. We have seen department heads sign purchase service multi-year contracts that have cost their healthcare organization hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, due to benign neglect.2013-01-3015 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 33 - Comparative Value Analysis Analytics Will Maximize Your PerformanceMost healthcare organizations, in some shape or form, are employing value analysis analytics to uncover their hidden supply chain expense savings. Yet, we have found only a few who are using comparative value analysis analytics to benchmark to identify their utilization misalignments in real-time against their peers2013-01-2915 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastPodcast 33 - Comparative Value Analysis Analytics Will Maximize Your PerformanceMost healthcare organizations, in some shape or form, are employing value analysis analytics to uncover their hidden supply chain expense savings. Yet, we have found only a few who are using comparative value analysis analytics to benchmark to identify their utilization misalignments in real-time against their peers2013-01-2915 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow Are You Selecting Your Value Analysis Team Leaders and Members To Ensure Success?Are you selecting your value analysis team leaders and members by chance, by their title or by their influence in your organization? If you are, and most hospitals, system and IDNs have been doing this for years, then you are missing an opportunity to have the most motivated, disciplined and creative people on your value analysis teams.2013-01-0818 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow Are You Selecting Your Value Analysis Team Leaders and Members To Ensure Success?Are you selecting your value analysis team leaders and members by chance, by their title or by their influence in your organization? If you are, and most hospitals, system and IDNs have been doing this for years, then you are missing an opportunity to have the most motivated, disciplined and creative people on your value analysis teams.2013-01-0818 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast5 Biggest Myths About Healthcare Supply Utilization ManagementThis podcast is geared towards dispelling what we feel are the 5 Biggest Myths that people believe about healthcare supply chain utilization management. This will help clear up the misconceptions and misunderstandings while allowing you to gain a new level of what Supply Utilization Management means to you and your supply chain. Don't ignore the high value and impact that healthcare supply utilization can make for you.2012-07-2422 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast5 Biggest Myths About Healthcare Supply Utilization ManagementThis podcast is geared towards dispelling what we feel are the 5 Biggest Myths that people believe about healthcare supply chain utilization management. This will help clear up the misconceptions and misunderstandings while allowing you to gain a new level of what Supply Utilization Management means to you and your supply chain. Don't ignore the high value and impact that healthcare supply utilization can make for you.2012-07-2422 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast5 Rock Solid Value Analysis Strategies and Tactics that Really WorkAs more healthcare organizations prepare for the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act more pressure will be placed upon supply chain professionals to save even more in less time. With this said, we though we would talk about in this podcast the 5-Rock Solid Value Analysis strategies and tactics that we have found can give you a big leap forward in savings. Your Co-hosts for the show are Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO and Robert W. Yokl, VP Operations of Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare2012-06-0529 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast5 Rock Solid Value Analysis Strategies and Tactics that Really WorkAs more healthcare organizations prepare for the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act more pressure will be placed upon supply chain professionals to save even more in less time. With this said, we though we would talk about in this podcast the 5-Rock Solid Value Analysis strategies and tactics that we have found can give you a big leap forward in savings. Your Co-hosts for the show are Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO and Robert W. Yokl, VP Operations of Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare2012-06-0529 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast5 Rock Solid Value Analysis Strategies and Tactics that Really WorkAs more healthcare organizations prepare for the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act more pressure will be placed upon supply chain professionals to save even more in less time. With this said, we though we would talk about in this podcast the 5-Rock Solid Value Analysis strategies and tactics that we have found can give you a big leap forward in savings. Your Co-hosts for the show are Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO and Robert W. Yokl, VP Operations of Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare2012-06-0529 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow to Make Your Cost Management Job Easier - Podcast 29In this podcast we show you how cost management yet ever more challenging and sophisticated in many respects does not necessarily need for you to make your job harder. We will show you four strategies to make your cost management job easier while still achieving higher levels of savings in less time with minimal effort.2011-09-1415 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow to Make Your Cost Management Job Easier - Podcast 29In this podcast we show you how cost management yet ever more challenging and sophisticated in many respects does not necessarily need for you to make your job harder. We will show you four strategies to make your cost management job easier while still achieving higher levels of savings in less time with minimal effort.2011-09-1415 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastValue Analysis AnalyticsValue Analysis Analytics is a new and different strategic approach that helps takes yours hospital expense reduction and value analysis efforts to a whole new level of savings beyond price. The concepts are sound and forward thinking but more importantly they are proven and tested over a 15 year period in development and use at our client hospitals. Learn how these Value Analysis Analytics are revealing savings that organizations never thought possible before.2011-04-2824 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastValue Analysis AnalyticsValue Analysis Analytics is a new and different strategic approach that helps takes yours hospital expense reduction and value analysis efforts to a whole new level of savings beyond price. The concepts are sound and forward thinking but more importantly they are proven and tested over a 15 year period in development and use at our client hospitals. Learn how these Value Analysis Analytics are revealing savings that organizations never thought possible before.2011-04-2824 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow to Max Out Your Supply Chain SavingsIn this new year of 2011 Robert T. Yokl, President & Chief Value Strategist and Robert W. Yokl, VP-Operations for SVAH wanted to give you a podcast that will set the stage for what you need to do to truly max out and wring the towel dry on your supply chain savings. We will share with you the necessary strategies and tactics that you will need to employ to take your organization to a whole new level of supply chain savings beyond price and standardization.2011-01-1127 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow to Max Out Your Supply Chain SavingsIn this new year of 2011 Robert T. Yokl, President & Chief Value Strategist and Robert W. Yokl, VP-Operations for SVAH wanted to give you a podcast that will set the stage for what you need to do to truly max out and wring the towel dry on your supply chain savings. We will share with you the necessary strategies and tactics that you will need to employ to take your organization to a whole new level of supply chain savings beyond price and standardization.2011-01-1127 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow to Max Out Your Supply Chain SavingsIn this new year of 2011 Robert T. Yokl, President & Chief Value Strategist and Robert W. Yokl, VP-Operations for SVAH wanted to give you a podcast that will set the stage for what you need to do to truly max out and wring the towel dry on your supply chain savings. We will share with you the necessary strategies and tactics that you will need to employ to take your organization to a whole new level of supply chain savings beyond price and standardization.2011-01-1127 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastThere is Gold in Them Thar HillsThere is Gold in Them Thar Hills--Maximizing Your MMIS Systems for Greater Savings. In this podcast you we will outline the strategy for maximizing your greatest assest in your healthcare supply chain operations which is your Purchasing/Materials Management information System.2009-10-1921 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastThere is Gold in Them Thar HillsThere is Gold in Them Thar Hills--Maximizing Your MMIS Systems for Greater Savings. In this podcast you we will outline the strategy for maximizing your greatest assest in your healthcare supply chain operations which is your Purchasing/Materials Management information System.2009-10-1921 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastFinding Savings Below the WaterlineThis podcast is taking one of our sayings Purchase Price is Just the Tip of the Iceberg a bit further in detail. We will dispel the popular thought and mindset that Value Analysis is the only tool that you need in order to attack your costs below the waterline. We will give you a more defined examples of how with this below the waterline mindset you can open up a whole new world of savings for your organization that you never imaged was there before.2008-10-3120 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastFinding Savings Below the WaterlineThis podcast is taking one of our sayings Purchase Price is Just the Tip of the Iceberg a bit further in detail. We will dispel the popular thought and mindset that Value Analysis is the only tool that you need in order to attack your costs below the waterline. We will give you a more defined examples of how with this below the waterline mindset you can open up a whole new world of savings for your organization that you never imaged was there before.2008-10-3120 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastIncentivize to SaveThere is a critical need for healthcare organizations to realize the value of a new generation of incentive programs that will help you keep your supply chain teams working on all of your special initiatives in order to maintain your bottom line. We can no longer believe that just because we pay managers and staff a salary that we will get 100% effort and participation on the value analysis and other special project teams that the end results are so important to your hospital's bottom line.2008-10-0620 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastIncentivize to SaveThere is a critical need for healthcare organizations to realize the value of a new generation of incentive programs that will help you keep your supply chain teams working on all of your special initiatives in order to maintain your bottom line. We can no longer believe that just because we pay managers and staff a salary that we will get 100% effort and participation on the value analysis and other special project teams that the end results are so important to your hospital's bottom line.2008-10-0620 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastOffsetting Price Increases in Tough TimesRising Product Costs Must Be Counter Balanced by Other Savings Strategies. Find out how much more is really there for you to drive out of your supply chain. Learn how to get your organization on-board to making the savings beyond price happen. Learn how to quickly cover your price shortfalls for the short and long term bottom line results. Find out the best bang for the buck strategies that you can employ today to save beyond price.2008-09-051h 02Healthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastOffsetting Price Increases in Tough TimesRising Product Costs Must Be Counter Balanced by Other Savings Strategies. Find out how much more is really there for you to drive out of your supply chain. Learn how to get your organization on-board to making the savings beyond price happen. Learn how to quickly cover your price shortfalls for the short and long term bottom line results. Find out the best bang for the buck strategies that you can employ today to save beyond price.2008-09-051h 02Healthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast80-20 Rule for Healthcare Supply Chain Savings80/20 Rule for Healthcare Supply Chain SavingsThis podcast is geared towards helping you align your efforts and focus towards the supply chain savings opportunities that will give you the best bang for your buck as far as effort to return on investment. We will highlight the major functions of supply chain savings and detail out all the major supply chain savings areas and why and where you need to focus your efforts for the highest supply chain savings return possible.2008-05-0830 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast80-20 Rule for Healthcare Supply Chain Savings80/20 Rule for Healthcare Supply Chain SavingsThis podcast is geared towards helping you align your efforts and focus towards the supply chain savings opportunities that will give you the best bang for your buck as far as effort to return on investment. We will highlight the major functions of supply chain savings and detail out all the major supply chain savings areas and why and where you need to focus your efforts for the highest supply chain savings return possible.2008-05-0830 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastSupply Chain Hall of Fame is Now A RealityThe Supply Chain Hall of Fame is now a Reality!Today we have a special interview with Jamie Kowalski, president, and Rick Dana Barlow, managing director, Bellwether League, Inc. which is a new organization that has as its mission to recognize the unsung supply chain heroes in our healthcare industry.2008-02-2229 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastSupply Chain Hall of Fame is Now A RealityThe Supply Chain Hall of Fame is now a Reality!Today we have a special interview with Jamie Kowalski, president, and Rick Dana Barlow, managing director, Bellwether League, Inc. which is a new organization that has as its mission to recognize the unsung supply chain heroes in our healthcare industry.2008-02-2229 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast11 Strategies to Save Big in 200811 Strategies to Save Big in 2008 is a replay of a No Cost Webinar from January 9, 2008. The Webinar really got some great feedback from our registered participants that we thought we would open this one up for everyone to listen to. Hopefully we can help you kick off 2008 with some great strategies for you to use as a guide for making savings happen in the new year.2008-01-1049 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast11 Strategies to Save Big in 200811 Strategies to Save Big in 2008 is a replay of a No Cost Webinar from January 9, 2008. The Webinar really got some great feedback from our registered participants that we thought we would open this one up for everyone to listen to. Hopefully we can help you kick off 2008 with some great strategies for you to use as a guide for making savings happen in the new year.2008-01-1049 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow Much Savings is Enough to Make a Change?In this Podcast we will discuss a daily challenge that Supply Chain Managers and Value Analysis Coordinators face, that is at what point do we or don't we take action on a savings or savings opportunity. Is it a dollar threshold? We will go over all the factors that are involved with deciding when we attack a savings and when we do not. Plus, we will go through a few examples of hospitals and how they go about working with these challenges to achieve maximum results.2007-10-0516 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastHow Much Savings is Enough to Make a Change?In this Podcast we will discuss a daily challenge that Supply Chain Managers and Value Analysis Coordinators face, that is at what point do we or don't we take action on a savings or savings opportunity. Is it a dollar threshold? We will go over all the factors that are involved with deciding when we attack a savings and when we do not. Plus, we will go through a few examples of hospitals and how they go about working with these challenges to achieve maximum results.2007-10-0516 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastSpecial Bonus Podcast - Certified Value Analysis LeadershipCertified Value Analysis Leadership Training ProgramTalking Healthcare Value Analysis to a Whole New Level of Training2007-09-1011 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastSpecial Bonus Podcast - Certified Value Analysis LeadershipCertified Value Analysis Leadership Training ProgramTalking Healthcare Value Analysis to a Whole New Level of Training2007-09-1011 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastValue Analysis 2.0 New Rules for Long Lasting SavingsNew Rules, Systems and Models for Long Lasting Savings Performance!Isn’t It About Time You Re-Think, Re-New And Re-Invent Your Value Analysis Model To Do The Hard Work That Is Required In The 21st Century!It’s been 21 years since value analysis 1.0 emerged as a best practice in healthcare. This stratagem has led the way to some of the most important breakthroughs in supply chain cost management in the last decade. Nevertheless, if you are really honest with yourself, it isn’t getting the job done in the 21st century. In years past, just putting together a value a...2007-07-2027 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastValue Analysis 2.0 New Rules for Long Lasting SavingsNew Rules, Systems and Models for Long Lasting Savings Performance!Isn’t It About Time You Re-Think, Re-New And Re-Invent Your Value Analysis Model To Do The Hard Work That Is Required In The 21st Century!It’s been 21 years since value analysis 1.0 emerged as a best practice in healthcare. This stratagem has led the way to some of the most important breakthroughs in supply chain cost management in the last decade. Nevertheless, if you are really honest with yourself, it isn’t getting the job done in the 21st century. In years past, just putting together a value a...2007-07-2027 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastWalking the Savings WalkA Proven Business Model to Leading A Successful Supply Chain Savings Program-- This is a replay of a teleseminar that we recorded last year that was a special roundtable discussion with a university teaching client of ours supply chain management leadership. We thought it would be great to bring this one back to the podcast this week and most importantly you will hear information from an organization that is talking the saving talk and walking the saving walk. This episode is packed with informative strategies, methods and tools that you and your healthcare organization can employ today. We wi...2007-06-041h 04Healthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastWalking the Savings WalkA Proven Business Model to Leading A Successful Supply Chain Savings Program-- This is a replay of a teleseminar that we recorded last year that was a special roundtable discussion with a university teaching client of ours supply chain management leadership. We thought it would be great to bring this one back to the podcast this week and most importantly you will hear information from an organization that is talking the saving talk and walking the saving walk. This episode is packed with informative strategies, methods and tools that you and your healthcare organization can employ today. We wi...2007-06-041h 04Healthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastStrategic Dashboards: Why Do We Need Them?In this week’s podcast we will CLEARLY define exactly what dashboards are and why we need them in the healthcare supply chain world. We will go over some real examples of supply chain departments at hospitals that are utilizing dashboards for various functionality, cost management and performance monitoring. We will also go over all the different types of dashboards to help you decide which would work best for you and your organization. We will also make sure we go over the PROS AND CONS OF EACH to avoid making any mistakes that could hold back the effective use of th...2007-05-1420 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastStrategic Dashboards: Why Do We Need Them?In this week’s podcast we will CLEARLY define exactly what dashboards are and why we need them in the healthcare supply chain world. We will go over some real examples of supply chain departments at hospitals that are utilizing dashboards for various functionality, cost management and performance monitoring. We will also go over all the different types of dashboards to help you decide which would work best for you and your organization. We will also make sure we go over the PROS AND CONS OF EACH to avoid making any mistakes that could hold back the effective use of th...2007-05-1420 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastSave 10% to 15% More with Technology Value AnalysisThis week's healthcare supply chain best practices podcast will highlight Robert T. Yokl's recent speaking engagement at the Healthcare Industry Group Purchasing Association's (HIGPA) Annual Expo in Orlando, FL. Also, we will focus in on a great opportunity that healthcare organization's and supply professionals can find 10% to 15% more savings on their capital equipment and new technology purchases that they did not realize they should be taking advantage of.2006-10-2024 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastSave 10% to 15% More with Technology Value AnalysisThis week's healthcare supply chain best practices podcast will highlight Robert T. Yokl's recent speaking engagement at the Healthcare Industry Group Purchasing Association's (HIGPA) Annual Expo in Orlando, FL. Also, we will focus in on a great opportunity that healthcare organization's and supply professionals can find 10% to 15% more savings on their capital equipment and new technology purchases that they did not realize they should be taking advantage of.2006-10-2024 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastSave 10% to 15% More with Technology Value AnalysisThis week's healthcare supply chain best practices podcast will highlight Robert T. Yokl's recent speaking engagement at the Healthcare Industry Group Purchasing Association's (HIGPA) Annual Expo in Orlando, FL. Also, we will focus in on a great opportunity that healthcare organization's and supply professionals can find 10% to 15% more savings on their capital equipment and new technology purchases that they did not realize they should be taking advantage of.2006-10-2024 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastImprove Your Search For New Savings And Quality IdeasHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast with the new format withRobert T. Yokl, President & CEO and Robert W. Yokl, VP of Stratetic Value Analysis in Healthcare. This weeks subjects include: Small Incremental Improvements Aren’t Good Enough! Finding Your Innovation Beat, Tempo And Rhythm Can Improve Your Search For New Savings And Quality Ideas 10-Fold!2006-09-1521 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastImprove Your Search For New Savings And Quality IdeasHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast with the new format withRobert T. Yokl, President & CEO and Robert W. Yokl, VP of Stratetic Value Analysis in Healthcare. This weeks subjects include: Small Incremental Improvements Aren’t Good Enough! Finding Your Innovation Beat, Tempo And Rhythm Can Improve Your Search For New Savings And Quality Ideas 10-Fold!2006-09-1521 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastImprove Your Search For New Savings And Quality IdeasHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices Podcast with the new format withRobert T. Yokl, President & CEO and Robert W. Yokl, VP of Stratetic Value Analysis in Healthcare. This weeks subjects include: Small Incremental Improvements Aren’t Good Enough! Finding Your Innovation Beat, Tempo And Rhythm Can Improve Your Search For New Savings And Quality Ideas 10-Fold!2006-09-1521 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastStrategic Value Analysis Savings Beyond PriceJoin Robert T. Yokl as he shares his #1 Strategy for Taking Costs Out of A Healthcare Organization's Supply/Value Chain with his Prove 6-Step Strategic Value Analysis System2006-08-1052 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastStrategic Value Analysis Savings Beyond PriceJoin Robert T. Yokl as he shares his #1 Strategy for Taking Costs Out of A Healthcare Organization's Supply/Value Chain with his Prove 6-Step Strategic Value Analysis System2006-08-1052 minHealthcare Supply Chain Best Practices PodcastStrategic Value Analysis Savings Beyond PriceJoin Robert T. Yokl as he shares his #1 Strategy for Taking Costs Out of A Healthcare Organization's Supply/Value Chain with his Prove 6-Step Strategic Value Analysis System2006-08-1052 min