This is just churning the same old savings, over and over again, without having any real effect on your hospital’s bottom line, since inflation (3.4% annually) has been eating into all of your so-called savings for years. The future of supply chain expense management isn’t in the old ways of doing things, but instead is all about utilization management.

This is where you will achieve double-digit savings (26% on average) on just about any utilization project that you decide to attack. More importantly, it will require less time than any of the above strategies, tactics and techniques, I just mentioned, to reduce your supply expenses!

So if you aren’t on the utilization management train already, may I suggest that you start thinking beyond price by digging deeper and broader in your supply chain to identify and remove the wasteful and inefficient consumption, misuse, misapplication and mismatches in your value streams.

Then, and only then, will you save more in less time which will be sustainable over the long-term. 

Your Partner In Innovative Savings,

Bob Yokl

Robert T Yokl

Chief Value Strategist

Strategic Value Analysis® In Healthcare

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P.P.S. Don’t forget to check out my new blog article “Stop the Madness with Your GPO Contracts”. This will give you some ideas on how to manage this important chore more effectively.