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Analytics & Research, Financial Management, Logistics
Cracking the Bullwhip - See How Demand Variation Affects the Supply Chain
Increased demand can lead to reactive replenishment but triggers be identified and assessed before rushing to order. Take control of your inventory through proactive demand pattern identification to address issues and changes before they arise. In this webinar, experts discuss the data needed to predict usage patterns and trends, as well as best practices to improve inventory for high value and commodity products.
Financial Management, Shipping and Receiving, Distribution, Logistics
Essentials of Logistics Certificate
Price: Member: $239.00 | Non-Member: $299.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 5 hours
Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series: Expectations of GPO Partners and Summary – Part 4
Panelists in Part 4 of the GPO or Local/Self Contracting webcast series focus on what providers should expect from their GPO partners. In a Part 5 bonus section, included only in the podcast version, we listen to the panelists answer questions of those who attended this session during the AHRMM16 Annual Conference.
Data Standards, Inventory Management, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Procurement
Medical Products of Human Origin, UDI and ICCBBA: Supply Chain’s Role Podcast
AHRMM Podcast on how supply chain should be interdepartmentally conversing to determine the handling of human-origin medical products and their UDIs.
Career/Professional Development
Ten Lessons for Writing – Part 2
Join Dave Kaczmarek as he reviews 10 lessons for writing, including sentence structure, commas, apostrophes and capitalization.
Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Value Analysis
Value Based Purchasing and Value Analysis 101 – Part 2
In this three-part webcast and podcast series, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics of value analysis and value based purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality, and Outcomes. In part two, review the importance of value analysis and supply chain's involvement.
Presented by: Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Cardiovascular Care Group
Financial Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Distribution, Lean/Six Sigma, Logistics
Application of Lean/Six Sigma to Inventory Management
This session is a comprehensive approach to understanding Lean Management System concepts, processes, tools, and their application to improving inventory management in the health care supply chain.
Change Management, Career/Professional Development
Creating a Culture of Teamwork: Managing Up for Highly Reliable Team Players
The engagement and alignment of employees accelerates achievement of quality, safety, service and operational goals. These tasks are easily stated but challenging to execute. Discover what leaders must do to create true employee collaboration through "managing up".
Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Procurement
Essentials of Negotiations Certificate
Price: Member: $239.00 | Non-Member: $299.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 5 hours
Change Management, Data Standards, Procure to Pay, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology
GS1 Standards at a Hospital—A Roadmap for Implementation
In order to become data-driven organizations, healthcare providers need to leverage data standards and information technology. In the past, lack of standards across healthcare has been a major roadblock. However, numerous governmental and industry initiatives pursuing the adoption and implementation of supply chain standards across health IT systems are giving providers the opportunity to do just that. Standards lay the foundation for supply chain operations to leverage information technology to help transform healthcare providers into data-driven organizations.