We all know we need to do more with less since our healthcare organizations’ revenues are flat, reimbursement is meager and staffing is at a premium. Rather then wince over these realities let’s talk about how we can plan, reduce, improve and succeed even with limited resources.

It’s been my experience that there is always a better way to do things that can dramatically improve your situation, even with limited resources.  I remember when I was hired for my first materials manager’s job at a children’s hospital in Philadelphia, I quickly found that my new employer was so cash-strapped that on some weeks we were told we would not be getting a paycheck.  But that didn’t stop me from planning and implementing a new par level system, reducing my utilization cost with my new value analysis team, improving my supply chain operations with a new computerized inventory system and succeeding with very limited resources. I was even promoted after only a year on the job!

Success in anything, when its comes right down to it, is having the right ATTITUDE, not money, time or even resources to get the job done.  Since my first job as a materials manager at that children’s hospital I just talked about, I have worked for some of the largest, and most affluent healthcare organizations in the country, but you know what, I really didn’t really get anything more done with more money, more time and more resources than I did when I didn’t have any of these things many years ago.

If you are looking to succeed as a supply chain professional, don’t let any constraints, of any kind, hold you back from your planning, cost reductions, and improvements even if you have limited resources, since they really don’t matter if your have the right ATTITUDE to succeed!   

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