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It’s Time to Stack the Deck in Your Favor

September 21, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

The other day I completed a new SMART Success Value Analysis Model for a major product group for one of our large IDN customers. This new SMART Model is intended to highlight all of the areas […]

A Strategic Approach to Cost Containment In Hospitals

May 18, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

How Many C’s Are In Success? Maureen Hazen, RN, MHA, Associate Director, Berkley Research Group’s Healthcare Practice and Robert Andrzejewski, MS, Associate, Berkley Research Group’s Healthcare In today’s economic environment, hospitals are being forced to make […]

How to Select Your Value Analysis Projects

May 18, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

The Key to Value Analysis Success is Having the Right Items On Your Agenda Every Time How are you selecting your value analysis projects? Is it organized, systematic, and foolproof or is it left to […]

Connecting the Dots: Time, Cost, and Quality

December 3, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

It’s important to master all three cost drivers. Value analysis is an interconnected process centering on time, cost, and quality. If you aren’t focusing on all three of these elements with your value analysis program, […]

Lack of Training Is Holding Back Big Gains in Value Analysis

December 3, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Training your VA teams is the magic bullet for your VAT’s success. The late Zig Ziglar, great speaker, author, and trainer, once said, “If you think training is costly, just think of the cost of […]

The Future of Supply Chain Expense Management is Now!

March 26, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“Every so often an idea, innovation, invention, and revolution appear in the marketplace that changes the game forever. We call these breakthroughs ‘Game Changers’ or the rules or variations that change the game enough that […]

Top 5 Missed Savings Opportunities in the Hospital Supply Chain Today

March 25, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

1. Utilization Savings – The big savings are there but they are outside the comfort zone of many in our industry. We are still very price focused and it will take some time for our industry to […]

Functional Matrix Can Make Your VA Job Much Easier

March 25, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

You need to know what your customer is looking for in new products. We might not realize it, but value analysis has a 70-year history and during that time value analysis practitioners worldwide have developed […]

How to Become Best-of-the-Best in Everything You Do

March 24, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Understanding your healthcare organization and that of your competitors How do you know if your people, products, and processes are world class or just so-so? How do you know if there is more savings available in […]

Meeting the Challenges of Reform Through a Stronger Value Analysis-Supply Chain Partnership

March 24, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

By Michael B. Neely, Senior Vice President, Optimé Supply Chain Healthcare reform has placed providers of care under intense pressure to reduce costs and improve operations. Value Analysis teams and Supply Chain are among the […]

Paradigm Shift – Integrating Utilization Into Our Value Analysis Programs

March 24, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

I know what you are thinking, “Paradigm shift – really?” The 90’s are calling, Bob, and we want our progressive change phrase back. But all kidding aside, there is a major change happening with our […]

Supply Utilization Myths, Misunderstandings, and Mistakes

December 4, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Why utilization savings are still illusive for most healthcare organizations Although the term utilization management seems to be understood by some supply chain managers and value analysis practitioners, in reality, there are still too many […]

Utilization = Practice Change

December 4, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator VCU Health System, Richmond, VA What do we mean when we talk about Value Analysis projects that focus on utilization? We’re talking about practice change. To a clinician, asking them […]