Distributor Thought Leader Insights: Executed Sourcing Strategies During COVID-19 and Leading Practices Moving Forward

By AHRMM

Listen as Elizabeth Hilla, Senior Vice President, Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA), discusses the most successful strategic sourcing strategies during the pandemic and health care supply chain resiliency leading practices, including stockpiling considerations and established supplier relationships.

3 Forward-Thinking Strategic Sourcing Methods

  1. Have a comprehensive conversation with your supplier about their resilience efforts
  2. Understand your suppliers' emergency readiness plans
  3. Consider and prepare for various types of emergency scenarios

Related Resources

e-Learning
Essentials of Health Care Supply Chain Certificate Series
On-Demand Educational Webinars
From Invisibility to Transparency: Cultivating OR Cost Awareness
The perioperative services administration at Massachusetts General created a rigorous and rapid approach to raising the level of cost awareness among…
On-Demand Educational Webinars
Supply Chain’s Role in Social Responsibility, Community Health, and Sustainability
Social responsibility is an emerging area of importance for all health care supply chain professionals to understand and participate in. This webinar…
e-Learning
Master of Negotiations Certificate Course
On-Demand Educational Webinars
Rethink Processes, Regain Control
The supply chain ecosystem has contributed to the 25% waste in the health care system. We can accept that reality while at the same time learning to…
On-Demand Educational Webinars
Take Action to Manage Drug Shortages - Causes, Advocacy, and Tools
This webinar provides an overview of the reasons for drug shortages, recent advocacy efforts to ameliorate the situation, and action steps…