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Article: Integrating the healthcare supply chain. (includes related article on Computer Sciences Corp's Efficient Healthcare Consumer Response study)
- Article from:
- Healthcare Financial Management
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Healthcare Financial Management Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Today's integrated delivery systems (IDSs) require efficient
supply chain processes to speed products to users at the lowest possible
cost. Most excess costs within the supply chain are a result of inefficient
and redundant processes involved in the transport and delivery of supplies
from suppliers to healthcare providers. By integrating and assuming control
of these supply chain processes, improving supply chain management
practices, and organizing and implementing a disciplined redesign plan,