http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog Healthcare Supply Chain Savings Ideas, Knowledge and Resources Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Robert W. Yokl(7-years) and Robert T. Yokl (34-years) are both members of Lions Club International (Skippack Lions Club). Robert T. Yokl was once the Director of Purchasing for St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Robert T. Yokl established value analysis teams in all of his hospitals and systems where he ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/the-26-things-you-didn%e2%80%99t-know-about-svah/ Savings Beyond Price -Weekly eNewsletter - June 24, 2009 Robert T. Yokl President & Chief Value Strategist     Value Analysis is all about SCAMPER Greetings, If you aren’t using the techniques of SCAMPER to boost your value analysis savings and improve your quality, then I have a big savings idea to share with you today.  Here’s ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/value-analysis-is-all-about-scamper/ Price savings are harder to find, contain, negotiate or even identify now that everyone (including your vendors) understands and has become highly skilled at how to play the price game. Wouldn’t you agree?   What happens when you run out of price savings, or as I like to say, “What happens when ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/what-happens-when-you-run-out-of-price-savings/ Savings Beyond Price -Weekly eNewsletter - June 10, 2009 Robert T. Yokl President & Chief Value Strategist     Dollarize to Save Big Greetings, One of the techniques that we teach in our advance value analysis training programs is to “dollarize to save big” so that you can, for the first time, negotiate out unwanted and unneeded ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/dollarize-to-save-big/ I just made a presentation (Game Changer: 2009 Recession) at a regional material management association’s meeting last Friday and as always, I possibly learned more than the participants that attended this meeting. This is always the case when you teach any subject.   What I learned at this meeting was how ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/learn-from-the-peers-with-pride/ Savings Beyond Price -Weekly eNewsletter - June 10, 2009 Robert T. Yokl President & Chief Value Strategist     Five Myths vs. Facts! Greetings, Over time we all develop a belief system that is based on our life experiences, biases, and traditions but are these viewpoints myths or are they facts? These collective perspectives or assumptions that ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/five-myths-vs-facts/ I often tell audiences when I’m speaking about “focus on what matters” that early in my supply chain career I delegated ALL of my price related activities to my buyers while I focused my savings efforts almost exclusively on value analysis.  Why did I make this decision?   Well, I found early ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/focus-on-what-matters/ Savings Beyond Price -Weekly eNewsletter - June 3, 2009 Robert T. Yokl President & Chief Value Strategist     No Magic Bullet Greetings, I think that there is a tendency in healthcare for supply chain professionals to seek out a “magic bullet” that will be a quick fix to ALL of our supply chain expense management challenges. ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/no-magic-bullet/ Healthcare Supply Chain Best Practices No Cost Educational Webinar How to Create, Manage and Maintain High Performance Value Analysis Teams   Take Your Value Analysis Savings and Quality Improvement Program to a Whole New Level of Higher Performance and Quality Results Webinar Objectives: Evolution of Supply Value Analysis Committees and Teams? Where They Came From Where They ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/how-to-create-manage-and-maintain-high-performance-value-analysis-teams/ We are seeing a very positive emerging trend in healthcare today: hospitals, systems and IDNs are getting serious about value analysis. The question I have for you is “Are you getting serious about value analysis too!”   For years value analysis was something we told our bosses and colleagues we were doing ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/are-you-getting-serious-about-value-analysis/ Savings Beyond Price -Weekly eNewsletter - May 27, 2009 Robert T. Yokl President & Chief Value Strategist     Are You Really Different? Greetings, When we discuss our benchmark findings with our clients they often say, “My hospital is different”.  This is frequently their first reaction to savings opportunities we have uncovered for them with our UTILIZER™ ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/are-you-really-different/ Our research, surveys and empirical data tell us that too many supply chain professionals are trying to make all or most of the supply chain savings for their hospital, system or IDN themselves. While this is a commendable effort, it isn’t productive, prudent or cost effective in the long run.   A ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/make-savings-a-team-effort/ Savings Beyond Price -Weekly eNewsletter - May 12, 2009 Robert T. Yokl President & Chief Value Strategist     Greetings, Do you know how much supply expense savings you are leaving on the table by “Skimming the Surface” of your supply chain savings?  The answer is 7% to 15% of your total supply spend, or 1 ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/are-you-skimming-the-surface/ A little-known fact is that the Chinese symbol for “crisis” (wei1 ji1) equates to opportunity in the Chinese lexicon. Strange as this may seem, the Chinese civilization has been around for thousands of years, so I guess they know an opportunity when they see one -- even in a crisis.   It’s ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/turn-tough-times-into-a-great-opportunity/ Savings Beyond Price -Weekly eNewsletter - May 6, 2009 Robert T. Yokl President & Chief Value Strategist     Too Many Competing Priorities Greetings, One thing I have noticed lately is that healthcare organizations have too many competing priorities to keep on track, on budget and on target. We see this phenomenon with our LEAN Value Analysis ... http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/too-many-competing-priorities/