Here are eight questions for ambulatory surgery center leaders to ask when considering the success of their center's materials management strategy, according to Provista's Materials Management: Guidelines for Non-Acute Care Organizations report.
• Does your ASC have a good cost savings program?
• Does your ASC use appropriate benchmarks?
• Does your organization have a current, written ethics policy?
• Does your ASC have established priorities based on business goals?
• Is your ASC buying key times based on forecasts?
• Are all of your ASC's purchases under centralized control?
• Does your ASC use modern methods to place orders?
• Has your ASC's supplier base been reduced by at least 80 percent?
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• Does your ASC have a good cost savings program?
• Does your ASC use appropriate benchmarks?
• Does your organization have a current, written ethics policy?
• Does your ASC have established priorities based on business goals?
• Is your ASC buying key times based on forecasts?
• Are all of your ASC's purchases under centralized control?
• Does your ASC use modern methods to place orders?
• Has your ASC's supplier base been reduced by at least 80 percent?
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