Question:
How would you integrate concepts of Leadership, Management and Planning to create a vision for
excellence in the healthcare supply chain, and determine fundamental tenets of performance evaluation for
the healthcare supply chain?
Does your model from the question, immediately above, maximize clinician time for the care process?
Discuss and explain your answer?
Discuss manufacturers, distributors and providers of care such as hospitals, health systems, and physician
offices.
Leadership and management principles that would work best for leading the healthcare supply chain.
Discuss the importance of having long term strategic sourcing relationships (consider the need for the
‘technology of care).
Tools, models or techniques of demand forecasting and its benefits.
What about the planning process?
Discuss how the transaction history file is used to determine high volume, high dollar or clinician preference
items and why is knowing this information important and beneficial.
Enterprise Systems (purchasing, network security, finance, structured cabling, voice, networking, wireless &
video conferencing, human resources, and inventory management).
Is there a particular type of leadership model and management model you would utilize for leading people
and managing resources in the healthcare supply chain?
Discuss how you would categorize or segment healthcare supply chain items and which segments need
clinician interaction and communication.
Discuss what can be done to limit the impact of drug shortages, and how this is beneficial.
Discuss the business model you would use and why, in order to lead, manage and plan within the context of
the healthcare supply chain with regard to sourcing.
The value and function of acquiring, in developing your thinking about leading, managing and planning
within the healthcare supply chain.
Discuss contract principles that are important in supplier or vendor legal agreements, and the benefits.
Discuss how regular supply items (SKUs) are different from highly sensitive or security oriented supplies or
pharmaceuticals with regard to inventory intervals and method of inventory.
Discuss the leadership and management principles presented in the textbook that would work best for
leading the healthcare supply chain.
What metrics would you use and why, to lead, manage and plan within the context of the healthcare supply
chain?
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