Intro

Question 1

6 Key functions within healthcare supply chain.

Answer 1

1. sourcing and contracting
2. Procurment
3. logistics
4. inventory
5. process improvement
6. user relations

Question 2

9 challenges in healthcare supply chain

Answer 2

1. hard to predict demand
2. large # of supply items
3. lower economies of scale
4. dominant presence of GPOs
5. high inventory costs
6. more error prone
7. no best logistcs model
8. no process in provement
9. no research done of best practices

Question 3

Transactional SC

Answer 3

lacks access to the bigs

no long term goals

no technology

unqualified staff

Question 4

Why is CQO (cost, quality, outcomes) introduced by AHRMM important for healthcare supply chain

Answer 4

required for reimburstment and survival

Question 5

What does CQO stand for

Answer 5

cost quality and outcomes

Question 6

4 concerns of SPC for the future

Answer 6

1. implementing CQO
2. rise of horizontal and vertical intergration
3. focus on logistic efficiences (should we use distributor or self distrbute)
4. cultural changes

Question 7

Skills need for SPC in the future

Answer 7

leadership

communication

negotiation

big pic vision

project management