COVID’s Lasting Impacts on Healthcare Market Dynamics: CEO Perspectives
May 5, 2021 – Matt Rowan, President and CEO of HIDA, hosted a panel discussion with the CEOs of major healthcare distributors and GPOs at…
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Medical Supply Chain Volatility
Why healthcare needs a product safety net Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire world looks and feels very different than ever before….
How to avoid financial disaster from the surplus supply inventory created by the bullwhip effect
March 30, 2021 – The bullwhip effect is a supply chain phenomenon that refers to increasing swings in inventory in response to panic buying on…
Why IDNs are looking to Alternate-Source Suppliers to ensure they never lose access to critical products
February 2021 For years, the supply chain side of the healthcare industry has been focused on vendor consolidation, inventory reduction, and improved efficiency; always operating…
Chain of custody is imperative to ensure product efficacy: The 3 questions Supply Chain Leaders need to ask themselves about what they are sourcing
Purchasing products from secondary sources wasn’t something that popped up overnight in the U.S. healthcare supply chain. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the…
The implication of buyers reacting to false/panic driven demand and how it exacerbates supply disruption
When the U.S. healthcare supply chain experiences panic buying, within the first four or five days, supply is wiped out faster than anyone can imagine….
Hindsight is 2020
They say hindsight is 2020 which, in this case, is right on the nose. Its no secret that the healthcare system was fully unprepared to…
5 Critical Components Healthcare Product Safety Net
This year has provided the U.S. healthcare supply chain with many valuable lessons. Now more than ever, hospitals and health systems need an accurate picture…
Innovation Through Supply Chain Optimization
Moving strategies forward in an age of disruption Innovation is typically viewed as the application of a better solution that meets new requirements or market…
Solving Customer Problems Utilizing Distributor & Manufacturer Partnerships
Many distributors and manufacturers want to be superheroes to their customers, solving problems no one can solve. In reality, when we talk to customers about…