Value Analysis Synergy But the Healthcare Supply Chain is Different! Michael Bohon, Managing Director—Healthcare Solutions Bureau
How many times have you heard someone say the above statement as to why ideas, concepts and practices from other industries will not work in healthcare? Personally, I cannot count the times that I have. I have worked in the supply chain world in three industries; steel, electronic and healthcare for 40+ years. The majority of that time was in healthcare. For the past 20 years I have also been involved with the development and presentation of supply chain educational material. These have been delivered in lecture, seminar, workshop and online formats, and about half of them have been through the auspices of the Institute for Supply Management (www.ism.ws). This work has provided me the opportunity to observe, ask about and learn about the differences between the supply chains in different industries. The ISM programs are made up of participants that are from other than healthcare over 98% of the time, and those from healthcare are from the supplier side with only a couple of exceptions.
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