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Ensuring Supply Chain’s Relevance
In a recent issue of this newsletter, Fred Crans wrote about “the one thing” that people in any line of work must master in order to succeed. This month he has begun a series on “the three things” – the … Continue reading
Choosing to Accept Change
When Fred ask me to write a short article regarding my thoughts on the importance and impact of change management principles for supply chain executives in today’s healthcare environment, I was immediately struck with a centering theme of “choice.” Choice? … Continue reading
Everything Old is New Again: Bubble-charting Excellence
The noted American philosopher and intellectual guru, Willie Nelson, once said, “Amateurs copy; professionals steal.” Since I consider myself to be the consummate professional, I am stealing the idea for this month’s article from the work of three renowned supply … Continue reading
The Difference Between Theory and Execution
This month’s guest author, Afshin Fatholahi, sent us a piece that he wrote back in 2000, and it’s still relevant 13 years later. So is Afshin some kind of oracle, or does it really take that much time to move … Continue reading
Figures Don’t Lie (Do They?)
This month I am revisiting one of my favorite topics, one commonly referred to as benchmarking. We are reprinting a 2000 article by my friend Afshin Fatholahi of Cottage Health in Santa Barbara, Calif., because of a burr that I … Continue reading
Health Care Resource Management 2000 – Key Issues
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2000. It is reprinted with the author’s permission. Portions of this article were adopted from BD Healthcare Consulting & Services. Much has been written about issues that face us all at the … Continue reading
The Difference Between Theory and Execution
This month’s guest author, Afshin Fatholahi, sent us a piece that he wrote back in 2000, and it’s still relevant 13 years later. So is Afshin some kind of oracle, or does it really take that much time to move … Continue reading
Stringing it Together
Readers may not know how we put this newsletter together, but it goes like this: First, Fred Crans writes an entertaining piece on a topic of his choice…and for those of you who know Fred, the breadth of potential topics … Continue reading
The One Thing (Times Three)
Many of you will remember the 1991 movie “City Slickers” starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirbak and, in a memorable appearance, Jack Palance. For those of you who don’t, the movie was about three friends caught in the throes … Continue reading
Data Quality in the Healthcare Supply Chain
Poor data quality is one of the greatest obstacles to an efficient supply chain. Proprietary identification schemas, incomplete data, moving and comparing data across organizations and manual data entry create too many opportunities for loss of data integrity. Let’s trace … Continue reading
