Supply Chain Tip of the Week: 4 Tips to Take Greater Control of Your Supply Chain

What can you do today to advance the performance of your hospital’s supply chain? Even among unforeseen circumstances in health care, there are several steps you can take right now to lower supply chain costs and improve efficiencies, while supporting patient safety, outcomes, and satisfaction.

It’s time to take greater control of your supply chain, and here are four ways to start:

  1. Reduce costs via logical unit-of-measure (LUM) purchasing
  2. Improve OR efficiency with surgical packs
  3. Increase visibility via data analytics
  4. Reveal new savings with freight management

By employing these four strategies, you’ll further showcase the supply chain’s role in meeting the strategic goals of your hospital or health system. From improving efficiencies to saving money— supporting patient safety and quality outcomes —supply chain leaders have a key role in driving the future of healthcare. 

For more supply chain tips, visit our Supply Chain Center.

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