Healthcare Supply Management

Jul 6, 2016

Data integrity is a real problem in the operating room

A recent visit to a mid-sized hospital in the Northeast United States provided a number of important insights into how is great a problem material handing data integrity is in… 

May 3, 2016

Innovation Leadership in the Middle of Organization Change at Biogen

I spent the day at Biogen’s headquarters in Cambridge, MA today, with a group of executives sharing ideas on how to drive innovation.  Biogen is already a highly innovative company,… 

Jun 24, 2015

The American Red Cross: A New SCRC Partner Company Engages the Influence Model!

I had the opportunity to visit with the American Red Cross in Charlotte, NC yesterday, and held a negotiation workshop with the supply chain directors and managers.  This was at… 

Feb 25, 2015

Biogen Idec designs the innovation supply chain

Joydeep Ganguly from Biogen Idec spoke in my Supply Chain Relationships class last week, and shared his insights on how Biogen’s supply chain evolved.  Since graduating from the NC State Jenkins… 

Jun 10, 2014

Data Cleansing as the Foundation for Supply Chain Analytics

Many organizations are focused on driving analytics as a foundation for competitive advantage.  Often overlooked in this discussion is the importance of establishing a foundation for analytics through the process… 

May 21, 2014

Healthcare Has Fallen Down and Can't Get Up: Get Your Own Spend Cube!

In today’s environment, hospitals continue to outsource their sourcing capabilities to a national or regional group of Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO’s), who claim to obtain leveraged savings for groups of… 

Mar 29, 2014

Major Trends Impacting the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Ecosystem

As “Obamacare” continues to plow forward, the effects on the healthcare environment are slowly but surely being felt.  One of the biggest recipients of this trend is the pharmaceutical environment.… 

Nov 19, 2013

Managing What's Important in Healthcare – Guest Blog by David Gebler

Focus on What Matters – The One Thing that will Sustain Continuous Improvement in Healthcare By David Gebler “You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it.… 

Aug 8, 2013

SCRC Partner Profile: A Textbook Transformation at Biogen-Idec

Although strategic sourcing capabilities are well established in industries ranging from automotive to electronics, they are still in the formative stages in the biotechnology sector.   It isn’t easy to drive… 

Jul 10, 2013

Using RFID Two Bin Kanban at the University of Chicago Medical Center: Healthcare Analytics Innovation!

When Jon Stegner walked in to his first week at the University of Chicago Medical Center, one of the first places he visited was the Emergency Room, and the nearby…