What Every Supply Chain Leader Should Know
One little known secret of supply chain management is that “nothing happens without supply chain making it happen” at any and all healthcare organizations. That’s why supply chain leaders should take pride in all of their big and little accomplishments because they are a major player at their healthcare organization keeping the train on time and on the tracks.
Think about it! Nothing happens at your healthcare organization without supply chain’s input, action or consultation. Even a new hire requires equipment and supplies on their first day on their job provided by supply chain management. No new program or procedure that your hospital introduces can be kicked off without supply chain being involved. No new building can be deemed operational without supply chain buying everything that is needed to get the doors open.
I’m sure these examples will give you a vivid picture of how important supply chain is to the service excellence of your healthcare organization. It is a department that touches everybody and everything in your hospital, system or IDN sometime, someway, and somehow in its life cycle.
That’s why we need to do everything possible as a profession to elevate supply chain management to the highest level of management in our healthcare organizations. No longer are supply chain leaders just buyers, but are senior level executives that merit respect, recognition and adequate compensation for the important work that they do.
This should be your mission as a supply chain leader. Make sure that your senior management understands and internalizes that “nothing happens without supply chain making it happen”. Then and only then, will you be able elevate supply chain management to its rightful place as a senior level executive in your healthcare organization with all of the prestige, appreciation and high regard that it deserves.
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