The team has a combined 40 years of knowledge that comes from direct industry as well as consulting experience. The firm provides clients with a fresh perspective while utilizing a rolled up sleeves approach. The team is based in California and has a successful record working within various sized hospitals throughout the country, ranging from standalone community hospitals to multi-hospital health systems.
To support our client’s strategic objectives and align the supply chain to those objectives, our areas of focus include:
Positioning the supply chain to the organization’s strategic objectives and clinical operations
Assessing a provider supply chain’s “systemness”
Identifying opportunities to strengthen the relationship between supply chain and clinical departments through improved partnering, communication, and product availability
Streamlining the supply chain business processes from requisition to payment by identifying non-value added activities and minimizing the impact of waste
Coaching and developing the supply chain leadership team for sustainability
Assessing key vendor relationships including medical/surgical distribution and group purchasing organization partners
Right-sizing inventory complement and reorder levels; standardizing product/ reducing product variability
Our team’s previous experiences have allowed us to view healthcare supply chain in a holistic manner. These experiences which include a variety of operational and leadership positions from within a provider as well as a national medical/surgical distributor, position us to provide an end-to-end understanding of the supply chain and all of its related impacts.
Our team has extensive experience with the national consultancies. These roles provided the learnings and unique perspectives of various sized facilities throughout the country. These experiences allow us to put ourselves in our client’s shoes and position us to better achieve the client’s objectives.
We never lose sight that a provider’s main objective is to serve the patient. Our goal is to help our clients rationalize their supply chain to better serve the organization’s strategic and operational objectives.
We believe the best approach is to roll up our sleeves and work side-by-side with our clients. In other words, we listen, we gemba, and we measure. This enables us to provide input and guidance to develop the path forward in a collaborative manner.