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What’s Behind a Mature Supply Chain Organization’s Operational Excellence and Value Enhancement? Training!

August 23, 2016 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Timothy Hagler At home in South Carolina we have a saying that is especially poignant when we see one of our good friends hanging out with their old hunting dogs. We say, “’tarnt a new […]

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 […]

If You Think Training is Costly, Just Think of the Cost of Not Training Your Hospital Value Analysis Teams

May 28, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

I can’t count the times I have seen hospital value analysis teams waste time, money, and resources because they haven’t received advanced training in value analysis strategies, tactics, and techniques. Instead of taking less than 90-days to […]

We Are All Teachers and Trainers in Value Analysis

May 24, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

This issue of Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine is focused on value analysis training and teaming, so I thought I would bring up an important point that I have learned over my 21 years in the […]

Value Analysis Begins & Ends with Training

May 17, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

VA training is the foundation for reaching even higher levels of savings There seems to be an aversion by value analysis practitioners to value analysis training in our industry. This is because there is a […]

Training Your Workers and VA Teams

January 5, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

What’s Worse Than Training Your Workers and VA Teams? I just read a quote, “What’s worse than training your workers and losing them? Not training them and keeping them” by motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, which […]