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Join us for a captivating bonus episode of Power Supply as we sit down with Jimmy Farris, former NFL player turned Executive Coach. We explore the fascinating parallels between his football career and professional development in the healthcare supply chain industry and delve into Jimmy's unique journey and uncover the valuable lessons and insights he carries from the gridiron to the complexities of the #healthcaresupplychain.

Drawing upon his experiences as a professional athlete, Jimmy shares powerful anecdotes and relatable stories that reveal the transferable skills and mindset required to excel in sports, career and life. Through a dynamic conversation, we explore themes such as teamwork, adaptability, leadership, resilience, and strategic decision-making, revealing how these qualities can drive success and growth in the challenging world of supply chain management.

Jimmy highlights the importance of teamwork and collaboration in achieving shared goals, drawing parallels between the camaraderie found in football locker rooms and the interconnectedness of supply chain professionals working towards delivering critical resources to healthcare facilities. He shares practical strategies for fostering effective communication, building trust, and leveraging the diverse strengths and expertise of team members to overcome obstacles and achieve optimal outcomes.

Whether you are a healthcare supply chain professional seeking professional growth, a sports enthusiast intrigued by the crossover between sports and business, or simply someone passionate about personal development, this interview with Jimmy Farris is a must-listen. Through his unique perspective, he offers a wealth of actionable insights, inspiring us all to embrace the transformative power of teamwork, adaptability, and leadership in our professional journeys.

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl discusses the reality that every healthcare value analysis program is different in almost every respect.: "Even the U.S. Government mandates that Larry Miles' value analysis system be employed within every government department, because it is a uniform methodology that can easily be understood by anyone who has a need to use it to save money and improve quality. Why reinvent the wheel?..." Tune in for the full article! Loving the #PowerSupply conversations? You can now download our free mobile app: Apple: https://zcu.io/sx2h Android: https://zcu.io/xJSJ And listen at: iTunes -> https://zcu.io/3Zef Spotify -> https://zcu.io/eBXx Stitcher -> https://zcu.io/2gMi Amazon Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/Xo2S Google Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/O8SY #PowerSupply #Podcast #Education #SupplyChain #Healthcare #Purchasing #Contracting #ValueAnalysis

In this interview with Justin Poulin, Ryan Burke, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing with Pandion Optimization Alliance, discusses his background in health care supply chain and and involvement with Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC), including the YPAC's history, the value to YPAC members and why senior leadership should be aware of the group, success stories and how to learn more and get involved.

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl discusses why you need to employ scientific management to uncover hidden supply chain expense savings – beyond price and standardization: "Supply chain expense optimization is the action of making the best and most effective use of supply cost expense management strategies, tactics, and techniques, or wringing the towel dry on your expenses. The only problem with this definition is, how do you know that you are employing the optimum supply cost expense management strategies, tactics, and techniques at your hospital, system, or IDN?..." Tune in for the full article! Loving the #PowerSupply conversations? You can now download our free mobile app: Apple: https://zcu.io/sx2h Android: https://zcu.io/xJSJ And listen at: iTunes -> https://zcu.io/3Zef Spotify -> https://zcu.io/eBXx Stitcher -> https://zcu.io/2gMi Amazon Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/Xo2S Google Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/O8SY #PowerSupply #Podcast #Education #SupplyChain #Healthcare #Purchasing #Contracting #ValueAnalysis

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl why Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight: "A Strategic Purchased Service Plan has many similarities to a strategic planning process in that it is a systematic and defined planning process. Thus, this enables a healthcare organization to appraise the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities or gaps in its Purchased Service Management Program. Then, the organization would devise new strategies, tactics, and techniques for reducing, containing, and controlling purchased service costs going forward..." Tune in for the full article! Loving the #PowerSupply conversations? You can now download our free mobile app: Apple: https://zcu.io/sx2h Android: https://zcu.io/xJSJ And listen at: iTunes -> https://zcu.io/3Zef Spotify -> https://zcu.io/eBXx Stitcher -> https://zcu.io/2gMi Amazon Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/Xo2S Google Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/O8SY #PowerSupply #Podcast #Education #SupplyChain #Healthcare #Purchasing #Contracting #ValueAnalysis

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl argues why no stone should be left unturned with your value analysis program in meeting your goal of generating a bottom line for your system and no commodity group should be excluded from your value analysis agenda: "One of the missteps we observe with supply value analysis programs is that healthcare organizations aren't leveraging value across the entire healthcare organization, thereby leaving millions of dollars of purchases annually not value-justified. It's almost like there is a sign posted on thousands of dollars of non-clinical products and services that reads "off limits." It shouldn't be that way!..." Tune in for the full article! Loving the #PowerSupply conversations? You can now download our free mobile app: Apple: https://zcu.io/sx2h Android: https://zcu.io/xJSJ And listen at: iTunes -> https://zcu.io/3Zef Spotify -> https://zcu.io/eBXx Stitcher -> https://zcu.io/2gMi Amazon Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/Xo2S Google Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/O8SY #PowerSupply #Podcast #Education #SupplyChain #Healthcare #Purchasing #Contracting #ValueAnalysis

In the June 2023 AHRMM Power Up Podcast, Mike Schiller and Justin Poulin highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the health care supply chain. In this episode, we delve into the issue of human trafficking and how it can be addressed in the healthcare supply chain. We also provide a preview of the AHRMM Conference and discuss the shortage of tourniquet cuffs along with guidance on the matter.

Tune in every month as we highlight trends, strategies and solutions from the field to advance the healthcare supply chain.

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Power Supply is proud to announce a new partnership with AHRMM, the leading professional membership group for the health care supply chain. Through this collaboration, Power Supply will offer Continuing Education Credit (CEC) approved podcast episodes to the health care supply chain audience

On this week's episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl discusses why wrong data isn't the end of the conversation: "There is no doubt about it, statistics, benchmarks, and analytics can be off base or even completely wrong, but from our experience they can easily be revised with new information, a few minutes of dialog, and some fortitude. For instance, one time we benchmarked a hospital's bath kits' utilization as being too high only to find out that this hospital didn't have any private bathrooms. All of this hospital's bathrooms were in their hallways, so bed baths were more frequent than other hospitals. Naturally, we had to revise our benchmark to reflect this new fact. But this didn't mean we couldn't use this new benchmark in our bath kit value analysis study. That's the point of this article..." Loving the #PowerSupply conversations? You can now download our free mobile app: Apple: https://zcu.io/sx2h Android: https://zcu.io/xJSJ And listen at: iTunes -> https://zcu.io/3Zef Spotify -> https://zcu.io/eBXx Stitcher -> https://zcu.io/2gMi Amazon Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/Xo2S Google Podcasts -> https://zcu.io/O8SY #PowerSupply #Podcast #Education #SupplyChain #Healthcare #Purchasing #Contracting #ValueAnalysis

Episodes NOW CEC APPROVED for AHRMM members! // Are your clinical teams utilizing the right product at the right cost, or are they using products that may have extra, but unnecessary features? With the constant challenges of supply disruptions, is it possible that the healthcare care supply chain teams may have actually over standardized products, resulting in additional costs to the organization? How can healthcare organizations look at data to identify trends and work to ensure they are aligned on proper supply utilization? In this episode Bob Yokl, senior VP of supply chain and value analysis at SVAH Solutions, joins Justin, Hays and Garry to discuss the importance of building clinical supply utilization into supply chain operations. With over 30 years of industry experience, Bob Yokl provides awesome examples of ways you can dig into the data and analysis of your supply utilization to further reduce costs and create efficiencies. For anyone tasked with saving money while also being more productive – you do NOT want to miss out on this insightful and information packed episode! Tune in and start making data driven decisions today!

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Episodes NOW CEC APPROVED for AHRMM members! // What happens when "Fighting Dirty" meets supply chain? Can data from Sterile Processing Departments (SPD) be used to help supply chain be more effective and help reduce risks AND costs? What role does social media and digital networking play in the healthcare supply chain? Join this week's conversation with Hank Balch, founder and president of Beyond Clean, as he discusses the opportunities and benefits of social media for the healthcare supply chain with Justin, Hayes and Garry. Social media presents immense opportunities for supply chain professionals to enhance their skills and build their network in an increasingly interconnected world. There is a large opportunity for those in supply chain to bring their experience and skills to others through the power of social medial and digital networking, are you up to the challenge? Take this opportunity to find your closest "Clean Freak" in SPD and tune in to this episode and join in the digital conversations today!

Once you complete the interview, jump on over to the link below to take a short quiz and download your CEC certificate for .5 CECs! https://www.flexiquiz.com/SC/N/ps6-7

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