Culture by Design: How to Build a System Where Clinical-Supply Chain Partnership Is the Default
By Keith Bresciani, for SCM Professionals Healthcare organizations often focus heavily on innovation, operational reform, and performance improvement. Yet one of the most influential drivers of sustainable success is frequently overlooked: organizational culture. Every healthcare system already has one. The real question is whether that culture was intentionally designed or simply inherited over time. In […]
It’s Not Resistance, It’s a Signal: Rethinking Pushback in Supply Chain Reform
By Keith Bresciani, for SCM Professionals In healthcare operations, one phrase gets used far too often when a project hits friction: “They’re just resistant to change.” It usually comes up when staff push back, workflows stall, compliance becomes inconsistent, or…
The Cost of Working Alone: How Collaboration Debt Slows Down Healthcare Reform
By Keith Bresciani, for SCM Professionals Healthcare does not function in silos. It depends on coordination. Supply chain teams support clinicians with the right products at the right time. Clinical teams rely on dependable logistics to care for patients effectively.…
The Dashboard Isn’t the Destination: Why Supply Chain Metrics Need Context to Drive Change
By Keith Bresciani, for SCM Professionals In healthcare supply chain, metrics are everywhere. Fill rates. PAR utilization. Delivery times. Backorder counts. Inventory turns. Cost savings. These numbers matter. They help organizations track performance, identify trends, and guide decision-making. But there…
Built to Fit, Not to Fight: Aligning Supply Chain Workflows with Clinical Realities
By Keith Bresciani, for SCM Professionals One of the quickest ways to lose trust with a clinical team is to “improve” a supply chain process without understanding what it does to their day. A workflow can look airtight on a…