Trends in how organisations are managing healthcare supply chain functions

Increasing the need and the viguor to improve on operational performance through enhancing and maximising process efficiency.

-Driving cost out of operations and reducing expenses within the supplychain process as a result of economic and healthcare reforms through operations streamlining.

-Becoming more judicious with the resources that we steward.

-Having a comprehensive database and identifying what is the needed information to ensure effective planning and execution within the chain.

-Ensuring the balance and the harmony between quality improvement and the return on investment analysis at the procurement level.

-Considering the development of creative relationships with suppliers and health care providers as a market opportunity.

-Leveraging cross-organisational knowledge throughout the health care organisation to assure engagement