What You Can’t See Will Hurt You
Most of your new saving opportunities are below the water line. We like to equate supply chain expense savings to an iceberg! Above the waterline…
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Navigating Uncharted Waters of Supply Utilization Management
Traditionally, the Healthcare Supply Chain saving game has been greatly influenced by the “price” savings opportunities offered by group purchasing contracts, standardization, and capitation. Unfortunately,…
Why Utilization Management is More Important than Ever Before!
An Important and Timely Message from Robert T. Yokl When I look at the Affordable Care Act’s new Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Prospective Payment System that…
Reduce, Control and Eliminate Wasteful and Unnecessary Supply Utilization Practices
Go beyond price and standardization to save more in less time Traditionally, healthcare organizations have focused their value analysis efforts on lowering the price and…
The Seven-Percent Savings Solution
Why do we continue to pursue 1%, 2% or 3% savings solutions (i.e., price), when a 7% savings solution (i.e., utilization) is just as easily…
Turning Utilization Best Practices Into a Major Advantage
Why best practices need to be understood and investigated
While presenting a supply utilization savings
Control and Verify Your Savings Before, During and After Implementation
Assume nothing, verify everything with your own eyes! Did you know that the word “savings” is the most misunderstood word in our supply chain business?…
5 Building Blocks of World-Class Value Analysis
Understanding the key underlying concepts to propel you forward
Value analysis has its roots in World War II, when
Why Supply Utilization Management is Significantly Different Than Value Analysis
There is a 500 pound gorilla in our supply chain that represents huge savings we are not addressing because of this misunderstanding. Value Analysis has…
Benchmarking Still Drives Savings
Industry embraced a simple idea in the 1980s. The idea was that it was possible to search for the best practices that will lead to…
Utilizer Dashboard Software
Come join our community of users who are already achieving success with our Utilizer® Dashboard software! Get Ready to Impress Your Boss with Even Better…
Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine
Look What We Have Done Now! Yes, we have started a new magazine about value analysis!! Why? Because we feel that value analysis is going…
Strategic Value Analysis Planning: A Three-Phase Process
Strategic Value Analysis Planning: A Three-Phase Process The SVAP starts with evaluating the strengths and weaknesses, or gaps, in your current supply value analysis program…