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Moving Beyond Standardization and Best Price

November 21, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Twenty-five or more years ago, hospitals and health systems (that’s all there was at that time) had committees called Standardization Committees that evaluated and approved the new products, services, and technologies for their hospital or […]

Cost Over Quality Equals Value, Or Does It?

July 27, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert W. Yokl, Senior Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions I cringe every time I sit through a seminar/workshop or read an article that describes value analysis or “value” with the equation of Cost over Quality equals […]

Value Analysis Analytics: Change of Mindset

January 5, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Value Analysis Analytics Change of Mindset For decades, supply chain and value analysis professionals have been focusing their savings efforts on reducing their prices and maximizing their standardization of the products, services and technologies […]