The future supply chain: Creating a supply chain culture
Abstract
Healthcare continues to be complex. Healthcare supply chain is one subset of the healthcare organisation that has its own complexities. Under current status quo operations, the United States healthcare system is not sustainable. To move to a sustainable future, changes within the healthcare supply chain are necessary; and the future supply chain, as a key driver in the overall operations of healthcare, must move from a department within the healthcare organisation to a strategy that engages everyone within healthcare to address supplies’ impact on cost, quality and outcomes. Banner Health supply chain set out to change the culture and engage everyone across the healthcare system to consider supplies’ impact on cost, quality and outcomes. This paper shares how Banner Health maintains a unified approach and engages everyone across the organisation to consider supply chain as a strategy. It outlines processes and tools developed to successfully implement supply savings ideas and shares lessons learnt to transform a system's culture into one where supply chain is strategy.
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Author's Biography
Darcy Aafedt is Decision Support Senior Manager for Banner Health Phoenix, Arizona. She provides leadership to drive supply chain cost and process improvement across Banner Health for the achievement of its supply cost strategic initiative. Aafedt implements and manages supply cost and process improvement measurements and results monitoring relative to supply chain management functions. She is a Business Administration and Communication graduate of the University of North Dakota. She also holds the Certified Resource and Materials Professional (CMRP) certification and Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Material Management (FAHRMM). Aafedt is active in the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) serving on the Board of Directors and Fellow Committee, and its local chapter, Arizona Healthcare Materials Management Association (AHMMA), for which she serves as the Past President.
Citation
Aafedt, Darcy (2016, September 1). The future supply chain: Creating a supply chain culture. In the Management in Healthcare: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Volume 1, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.69554/HXEE4529.
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