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Is Your Value Analysis Program at a Critical Fork in the Road?

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Envision the Future of Your Value Analysis Program It is incredible the progress that value analysis has made in our healthcare industry as an accepted methodology for optimizing costs, quality, and functionality of the products, […]

Don’t Ignore the Value in Value Analysis Mentors

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Everyone likes to feel that because they run a Value Analysis Program for a certain period of time, they know everything they need to know. I find it great that most that feel this way […]

Improvement Strategies for Your Value Analysis Program for 2025 and Beyond

November 15, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

I often hear Value Analysis and Supply Chain professionals talk about how “mature” their VA/Supply Chain programs are. This is great to know but I am a firm believer that VA and Supply Chain are still […]

Hospital Supply Chain Professionals: Keep the Faith!

July 10, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“These are just a few ideas for when you and your team are feeling the pinch of the everyday pressures of the hospital supply chain/value analysis world.” Avoiding the Grind of the Supply/Value Chain World […]

Four Keys to Running Your Healthcare Organization’s Value Analysis Program

July 9, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Everyone wants to run their own Value Analysis Program. It should be a goal for every value analysis professional who aspires to be successful in our field. Now herein lies the challenge, there is more […]

Automate to Innovate Your Value Analysis Program

April 2, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Most value analysis programs have a different level of maturity when it comes to automation. Too often, the use of spreadsheets is a substitute for real innovation because spreadsheets are easy to learn and use. […]

Why You Should Adopt a Value Analysis Policy and How to Develop One

November 21, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Value Analysis Policy is Necessary to Clearly Define VA’s Role in Your Healthcare Organization Too often, value analysis practitioners assume that they have the support and commitment from their healthcare organization’s management team, when in […]

Value Analysis Professionals: Our Time is Now…Are You Ready?

September 21, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“There has never been a more perfect time for supply chain and value analysis professionals to fully engage in cost reduction.” If you are looking to make a big impact in reducing your organization’s bottom […]

Big Savings in Retrospective Value Analysis Reviews

April 27, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“The bottom line here is that retrospective value analysis reviews are valuable to healthcare organizations who are in dire need of big savings which will go directly to their bottom lines.” The Only Way to […]

How Do You Make Your Clinical Value Analysis Program Even Better in 2023?

January 30, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

As we begin a new year, it is good to take a step back and take a good look in the mirror at your value analysis and cost management programs. These are especially important right […]

Healthcare Value Analysis: Steps for Achieving Better Results

June 7, 2022 Robert Yokl Comments Off

There are many different iterations that value analysis has morphed, evolved, and emerged into leading up to 2022. Value analysis is predominantly applied to products, services, and technologies in the healthcare supply chain. The primary […]

Is Your Healthcare Organization Really Practicing Value Analysis?

December 10, 2021 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Our surveys show that only 1 in 10 healthcare organizations is really practicing the classic tenets of value analysis and none have taken a strategic approach in this discipline, […]

Back to Basics – Forward to Big Savings

April 22, 2021 Robert Yokl Comments Off

By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions As the major league baseball season has just wrapped up their Spring Training and started their season, this is a good reminder for Value Analysis […]