Category: Blog
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Rethinking Healthcare Supply Chains—From Operational Excellence to Strategic Resilience
The healthcare supply chain is at a crossroads—balancing cost, efficiency, and patient care in an increasingly complex landscape. Traditional models focused on operational logistics must evolve into strategic frameworks that prioritize adaptability, technology integration, and value-based decision-making. As healthcare organizations face workforce constraints, regulatory shifts, and unpredictable supply disruptions, leaders must rethink their approach. Supply…
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The Promotion Echo: How Good Workers Become Unprepared Leaders
One of the most common patterns I’ve observed in healthcare operations, and frankly,across most industries, is what I call the Promotion Echo.It goes like this: Not because they aren’t capable.But because the only leadership model they’ve ever known… is the one they were promotedunder. The Problem with PromotionIn many systems, promotions aren’t based on strategic…
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Rethinking Sourcing Strategies for Non-Acute Care: A New Era in Healthcare Supply Chain
By Matt Putman, MBA, CMRP for SCM Professionals Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) perform over 25 million procedures annually, yet manyhealth systems still treat them as a second-tier facility when considering a product, equipment,and supply chain strategy. Is your sourcing strategy keeping up? In the evolving landscape of healthcare delivery, non-acute and ambulatory surgery centers(ASCs) are…
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The Trust Tax: How Operational Blind Spots Undermine Clinical Partnerships
By Keith Bresciani, for SCM Professionals The “Trust Tax” in Healthcare Supply Chain Management In the realm of healthcare supply chain management, we often find ourselves focused on numbers—fill rates, delivery times, and backorders. However, there’s an invisible barrier that affects us all, and it’s what we call the “trust tax.” This term captures the…
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Understanding Healthcare Supply Chain Work
By Matt Putman, MBA, CMRP for SCM Professionals Understanding Healthcare Supply Chain Work: The Backbone of Patient Care While few pause to consider the supply chain within a hospital setting, it is one of the most vital—and often invisible—forces behind safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care. From procurement to distribution, the healthcare supply chain is…
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The Transactional Trap: Why Front-Line Roles Feel Stuck—and What Leaders Can Do About It
Let’s start with something we’ve all seen. A distribution tech finishes their shift. The carts are stocked. The supply closets are full. The task list is checked off. But if you were to ask them how their work affects the patient, reimbursements, the payor mix, or even the financial health of the hospital, the answer…
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Bridging the Gap: Unleashing the Power of Clinical Buy-In in Supply Chain Reform
By Keith Bresciani, for SCM Professionals Picture this: A dynamic supply chain team launches an innovative reform initiative—be it a bold product standardization move, a cutting-edge inventory system, or an overhaul of delivery schedules. On paper, it looks like a game-changer! The metrics sparkle with promise. Yet, weeks later, momentum fizzlesaway. What happened? The answer…
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Beyond the Pie Slice: Why Front-Line Curiosity Might Be the Leadership Crisis No One’s Talking About
I’ve spent the better part of my career in operations, beginning in the military and continuing in healthcare, working alongside the people who keep everything moving. The forklift operators. The distribution techs. The unit clerks. The supervisors who walk ten miles a day without blinking. These are the individuals who hold the mission together. And…