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Are You Segmenting Your Customers to Reduce Your Hospital’s Supply Chain Cost	10/25/2011
Do You Have a Supply Chain Game Plan?	10/18/2011
How to Save 10%,20%, or Even 30% on Your Supply Chain Expenses	10/11/2011
Competitive Value Analysis Slow Down to Speed Up	10/4/2011
Competitive Intelligence Your Window into the Marketplace	9/27/2011
Utilization Management: If Not Now When?	9/20/2011
Supply Chain Productivity It’s all about Accountability	9/14/2011
Why Are Our Non-Labor Expenses Increasing?	9/7/2011
The Value Analysis Multiplier Effect	8/30/2011
Why Supply Chain Initiatives Go Wrong	8/23/2011
Optimize Value and Increase Savings with Performance Based Service Contracts	8/16/2011
Why Supply Chain Leaders Should Experiment More to Innovate More	8/9/2011
New Value Analysis Rules = New VA Savings Opportunities	8/3/2011
Are You a Good or Great Risk Manager	7/27/2011
The Power of Value Analysis Analytics	7/19/2011
The Good, The Bad and The Reality of Value Analysis Today	7/13/2011
Unlocking Savings Opportunities: The Physicians Role	7/7/2011
Unleash Your Supply Chain Potential	6/28/2011
Leveraging Value Across The Entire Healthcare Supply Chain	6/21/2011
Three "Must Have" Supply Chain Survival Tools	6/14/2011
Lost in Translation: Value Analysis	6/7/2011
Are You Taking "Waste" Walks?	6/1/2011
Top Three Ways to Reduce Waste and Cut Cost	5/24/2011
Stress Test Your Supply Chain Operations	5/19/2011
Team Effectivness=People Skills?	5/12/2011
Does Just In Time Still Make Sense?	5/3/2011
How To Measure the "Value" in Value Analysis	4/26/2011
Settings,Priorities,Measuring Benchmarking and Excelling	4/20/2011
Only Attack Your Actionable (Monetized) Dollar Savings	4/12/2011
Measure Learn and Change	4/5/2011
VA Project Leaders can’t have Self Interest	3/29/2011
The Case for more Value Analysis Education	3/22/2011
Supply Chain Surveys Can Make You Look Good	3/15/2011
The ABC's of Supply Chain Management	3/8/2011
How To Reduce Waste and Save Millions	3/2/2011
Chief Supply Chain Officer: Is this a Trend?	2/22/2011
Nibbling Around The Edges	2/15/2011
See it, Feel it, Change it	2/8/2011
Road To Success: Utilization Management	2/1/2011
Value (Analysis) Analytics: The Key to Success	1/25/2011
Give Your Physicians a Front Row Seat at the Table	1/18/2011
Fitting the Supply Chain Puzzle Pieces Together	1/11/2011
Build a Case for Change in 2011	1/4/2011
Thriving Through Change In 2011	12/19/2010
Product Selection / Evaluation Basics	12/14/2010
Creating Supply Chain Savings That Stick	12/7/2010
Talent Management-You Can't Grow Without Fantastic People	11/30/2010
From Average to Awesome Supply Chain Savings	11/16/2010
Best Practice vs Evidence Based Practice	11/9/2010
3 Big Lessons for Controlling Non-Labor Expenditures	11/3/2010
Zero Waste - Don't Settle For Anything Less	10/27/2010
5 Tips On Picking Your VA Executive Champions	10/20/2010
Change Your Questions Change Your VA Outcomes	10/13/2010
Teamwork That Works	10/6/2010
How Relavant Is Price Savings Today	9/27/2010
Creating A Supply Chain For The Future	9/22/2010
Value Creation Starts With Negotiations	9/17/2010
Products-Products-Everywhere-but-are-they-needed	9/9/2010
Times are Tough - Don't Wait to Automate	8/26/2010
Comparative Data Makes Change Happen	8/18/2010
Are You Leaving the Driving to Your Contractors?	8/12/2010
The Verdict is in on Implants	8/4/2010
Achieving High Performance with Analytics	7/30/2010
Optimize Your Data for Results	7/21/2010
Always See the Big Picture	7/14/2010
What's Holding Back Your Supply Chain Savings	7/9/2010
Do We Need to Exceed Our Customer's Expectations?	6/24/2010
Are You Really Thinking Outside the Box?	6/16/2010
The Importance of Demand Managemetn	6/10/2010
The 4 Stages of Hospital Value Analysis Team’s Lifecycle	6/2/2010
How Are You Measuring Your Value Analysis Success?	5/20/2010
Here We Go Again	5/13/2010
What is Your Savings Span?	5/6/2010
Hospital Value Analysis Planning is the Shortcut	4/29/2010
Healthcare-Value-Analysis-Eliminate-Waste-By-Keeping-It-Simple	4/23/2010
Too Much Information - Think About A Dashboard	4/14/2010
If It's Important - It's Worth Measuring!	4/7/2010
What Healthcare Reform Means to Supply Chain Professionals	3/31/2010
What You Can Learn From Toyotas Blunders	3/25/2010
What We Can Learn from Walmart	3/17/2010
Supply Chain Benchmark Metrics Matter	3/12/2010
Don’t Offer Too Many Choices in Value Analysis	3/4/2010
Harnessing the Power of Statistics for Your Supply Chain Success	2/23/2010
Growing Your Supply Savings in a Stagnant Market	2/17/2010
What It Takes to Get Better Supply Chain Savings Performance	2/11/2010
Triangulating Savings Equals Big Savings Gains	2/3/2010
The Cost of Doing Nothing in Supply Chain Management	1/27/2010
A New Supply Saving Process That Really Works!	1/20/2010
Why Good Hospital Supply Savings Ideas Die	1/14/2010
New Year -- New Game Plan!	1/6/2010
Bridging the Gap Between Price and Utilization Savings	12/15/2009
Dashboards: How to Educate, Motivate and Drive Results	12/10/2009
Customer Surveys are Critical to Your Success!	12/2/2009
There are No Shortcuts	11/19/2009
Time Is Running Out	11/11/2009
The Power of Self-Correction with your Physician Preference Items	11/4/2009
Price is the Smallest Factor in the Savings Equation	10/28/2009
What’s Missing From Your Value Analysis Model?	10/21/2009
Small Hospital Value Analysis Projects can Mean Big Savings	10/14/2009
How to Monitor and Control Your Hospital Value Analysis Projects	10/7/2009
How to Successfully Sell Your Savings Proposals	9/30/2009
3 Keys to Successful New Product Selection	9/24/2009
Preventing Waste in Your Hospital's Supply Chain	9/17/2009
Value Analysis Works Best with Pareto's Law (80/20 Rule)	9/10/2009
RAPID FIRE SAVINGS RESULTS: Purchase Service Benchmarking	9/2/2009
Supply Chain Performance Matters	8/26/2009
Make Every Dollar Count	8/19/2009
Four Smart Hospital Supply Chain Savings Strategies for Tough Times	8/12/2009
Outsource Everything NOW	8/5/2009
Unintended Consequences of Standardization	7/28/2009
Stop Selling Savings	7/22/2009
How To Get Better Than Good	7/15/2009
Waste Nothing - Recycle Everything in Your Supply Chain	7/8/2009
"Must-Have" Skills for the Hospital Supply Chain	7/8/2009
Value Analysis is all about SCAMPER	6/24/2009
Dollarize to Save Big	6/10/2009
No Magic Bullet	6/3/2009
Are You Really Different?	5/27/2009
Are You Skimming the Surface?	5/12/2009
Too Many Competing Priorities	5/6/2009
Rethinking Your Supply Chain	4/29/2009
VA Balanced Scorecards Work	4/15/2009
Have You Planted Your Seeds?	4/8/2009
Benchmarking Still Drives Savings	4/1/2009
Good Buying Decisions	3/26/2009
The Analytics of Value Analysis: A New Way to Win	3/19/2009
When Every Penny Counts	3/19/2009
Is Experience Enough?	3/18/2009
When the Going Gets Tough	3/3/2009
Getting Unstuck	2/24/2009
Challenging Conventional Wisdom in Supply Chain Management	2/18/2009
Unintended Consequences	2/11/2009
Leading Change	2/4/2009
New Science for Bigger Supply Chain Savings…Value Analytics!	1/28/2009
The Hard Truth!	1/23/2009
Excellence is an Art Won by Training	1/21/2009
Does Price Equate to Total Cost?	1/15/2009
Your Secret Weapon for 2009	1/7/2009
When Savings Stall	12/17/2008
Choosing Cost Reduction Strategies for 2009	12/11/2008
Celebrate Success	11/20/2008
What Really Works!	11/13/2008
Isn’t it Time You Look in the Mirror?	11/5/2008
Boost Your Value Teams Productivity by 87% or More!!	10/28/2008
Are your Value Analysis Arteries Clogged?	10/23/2008
Is All About Supply Utilization!	10/15/2008
Price Is No Longer King!	10/9/2008
Incentivize to Save	10/1/2008
Doing it with Data	9/24/2008
Thinking Lean	9/19/2008
Are You Hearing the Voice of Your Customers?	9/10/2008
6 Tips on Leading Virtual or Remote Teams	9/4/2008
Start at the Top!	8/27/2008
Where do You Stand -- Are You at Level 1 or 4?	8/20/2008
Changing the Game!	8/14/2008
Experiment, Learn, and Repeat!	7/23/2008
How to gain control over your supply chain	7/16/2008
Three Hidden Risks in Your Supply Chain	7/10/2008
New Pay for New Work	7/1/2008
Hospital Supply Chain Energy Predicament	6/25/2008
How Are You Selecting Your Hospitals Value Analysis Study Projects	6/18/2008
How To Save More In Less Time	6/11/2008
Healthcare Supply Chain - Who Need's Project Management?	6/4/2008
Building Your Supply Chain Savings Toolkit	5/28/2008
Supply Chain Radar	5/21/2008
It’s About Commitment, Discipline and Focus!	5/6/2008
Is Standardization Working Against You?	4/29/2008
Change the Rules to Change Behavior	4/17/2008
How to Manage Your Savings Performance For Maximum Results!	4/8/2008
How to Build “Perfect 10” Value Teams	4/2/2008
5 Savings Strategies You Need to Know!	3/27/2008
The Analytics of Value Analysis: A New Way To Win!	3/19/2008
4 Reasons VA Programs Lose Their Momentum	3/13/2008
Getting the Edge	3/6/2008
Design for Supply Six Sigma™ is Just What the Doctor Ordered	2/26/2008
Dynamic Contract Management Is A Lot More Than Just Bidding Your Purchase Service Contracts	2/19/2008
What Tools Do You Have In Your Quality and Savings Toolbox?	2/12/2008
To Be Truly Great at Supply Expense Management you Need to Break Down a Few More Walls!	2/6/2008
Why You Need to Educate Your Docs, Before Your Sales Reps Do or You Lose!	1/30/2008
Voice of the Customer	1/23/2008
Lead, Teach and Coach!	1/16/2008
Sorry No Price Break Possible	9/6/2007
How Do You Deal with the Untouchables, the Incompliants and Sacred Cows?	8/22/2007
Linking Up To Your Suppliers IDEA Supply Chain Will Grow Your Savings Stream	8/14/2007
LESS IS MORE… Cut Cost, Cut Complexity, Cut Redundancy, Waste And Inefficiencies!	8/7/2007
PRESTO…Instant Savings By Putting Your Suppliers On The Hot Seat!	8/1/2007
What is Value Analysis 2.0?	7/25/2007
Is Everyone On-Board Your Supply Chain Savings Train?	7/17/2007
The Missing X Factor	7/10/2007
You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching!	7/5/2007
Looking Outside Our Industry For New And Better Ideas That Can Make Your Job Easier!	6/27/2007
Beyond the Hype: What’s Really Important In Supply Chain Management	6/20/2007
5 Long-Term Strategies To Grow Your Supply Chain Savings	6/12/2007
The Secret to Your Savings Success	6/7/2007
Supply Six Sigma™: What’s It All About?	5/30/2007
Price Doesn’t Equate To Cost!	5/23/2007
The Value Analysis Imperative	5/17/2007
Redefining Your Supply Chain Operations By Creating A Value-Based Model	5/9/2007
Contracts Need To Be Benchmarked Too!	5/2/2007
Stop Saving The Hard Way!	4/25/2007
5 New Rules For Your Strategic Supply Chain Operational Planning	4/19/2007
There Are “Big” Savings Beyond Your Core Products, If You Know Where To Look For Them	4/11/2007
Product Standardization and Evaluation	4/5/2007
Six Steps To Keeping Your Value Analysis Pipeline Full!	3/28/2007
The Top 10 Myths That Are Keeping You From Hitting Home Runs!	3/22/2007
BEYOND BENCHMARKING: Forward To Activity-Based Measurement	3/14/2007
Big, Robust and Super-Sized Utilization Savings Won’t Be Uncovered With Just Any Old Benchmarking Tool!	3/8/2007
Supply Chain Pilot	2/28/2007
Value Analysis Team Facilitation: A Lost Art	2/21/2007
DASHBOARD MANIA: Is It All It’s Cracked Up To Be?	2/14/2007
Perception Versus Reality!	2/7/2007
5 Keys to Finding The Next Big Value Analysis Savings Projects	2/1/2007
Managing Multiple Value Analysis Projects, Objectives And Deadlines!	1/25/2007
Getting Everyone On The Bus For Supply Chain Management Success!	1/18/2007
3 Powerful Project Management Tips For Supply Chain Professionals	1/11/2007
To Achieve Superior Supply/Value Chain Performance You Need To “Think Differently” And “Do Differently”	12/20/2006
Quickly Improve Your Savings Yield By Using Focus Groups	12/13/2006
4 Powerful Steps To Prepare Your Organization For Value Analysis Success!	12/6/2006
Measure Almost Everything And You Won’t Be Mislead, Misinformed or Mistaken When Making Those Big (and little) Savings Decisions!	11/15/2006
What Healthcare Organizations Have In Common With Daimler Chrysler	11/7/2006
3 Ways To Fully Engage Your Senior Management In Your Supply Value Analysis Initiatives	11/2/2006
Do You Have A Winning Strategic Sourcing Strategy?	10/25/2006
Are Your Focusing On Profitability Or Is It Just All About Savings?	10/19/2006
Are You Leading Your Supply Chain Organization In the Right Direction?	10/11/2006
Follow The Rules, Or Don’t Call It Value Analysis!	10/5/2006
Let’s Talk About The Power Of Supply Chain Benchmarking!	9/26/2006
Value Analysis Is About More Than Just Money!	9/21/2006
Improve Your Search For New Savings And Quality Ideas 10-Fold!	9/13/2006
Actionable Business Intelligence	9/7/2006
Five Reasons Why Value Analysis Has Been Weak And Puny At Driving Out All Waste And Inefficiency In Healthcare Organizations’ Supply Chains	8/30/2006
Create A Quantum Leap Forward In Your Supply Savings	8/23/2006
5 Ways To Learn How To Recognize Waste And Inefficiency In Your Value Chain	8/16/2006
SUPPLY SIX SIGMA: The Missing Link!	8/10/2006
How To Motivate Your Complacent Management To Save Money While You're Still Making Money!	8/2/2006
Fueling Your Savings Engine is One of the Most Important Aspects of Any Value Analysis Program	7/26/2006
The era of STANDARDIZATION is ending!	7/18/2006
4 Powerful Steps For Sustainable Supply Value Analysis Performance	7/13/2006
Waste Not, Want Not….	7/6/2006
How Incentives For Your Employees Will Mean More Savings For You And More Cash, Fun And Rewards For Them	6/29/2006
How Do You Generate Huge Supply Savings Quickly And Efficiently	6/21/2006
“It Wasn’t Raining When Noah Built His Ark”	6/14/2006
Why Aren’t More Savings Coming Out Of Your Supply Chain Pipeline?	6/7/2006
Does A Lot Of Activity And Effort Equate To Value Analysis Success For You?	6/3/2006
How To Squeeze Even More Savings Out Of Your Supply Chain Expenses	5/24/2006
How Do You Decide On What The “Best Values” Are For Your Healthcare Organization?	5/11/2006
Do You Have A Money-Saving System To Keep Your Savings Machine Humming?	5/4/2006
Where Can You Find Better Savings Ideas	4/28/2006
Why Do You Need A Strategic Value Analysis™ Plan More Than Every Before?	4/21/2006
Five Advantages Of Training Your Value Teams	4/5/2006
(Podcast Included!) Why Incentive Programs Will Super-Charge Your Supply Value Analysis Program	3/30/2006
(Podcast Included!) Are We Fooling Ourselves Into Believing We Are Really Saving All That We Can For Our Hospital?	3/23/2006
(Podcast Included!) A Whole New Way To Look At Your Supply Savings	3/15/2006
Ignoring 19% to 39% Of Your Supply Related Expenses That No GPO Is Focusing On?	3/9/2006
Are You Winning The War On Your Utilization Savings?	3/2/2006
Are You Sure Your Healthcare Organization Is Really Practicing Value Analysis?	2/23/2006
The 3 Biggest Value Analysis Mistakes Most Hospital Make and How to Avoid Them	2/16/2006
How To Become A Supply Savings Rainmaker	2/8/2006
The New Way To Save Big!	2/2/2006
Do You Get It? Value Analysis Is Not About Price, Standardization Or Capitation!	1/26/2006
Reinventing Your Supply Value Analysis Program	1/17/2006
5 Ways To Break Through Your Supply Savings Barriers	1/11/2006
7 Most Important Things You Need To Do To Dramatically Reduce Your Supply Cost In 2006?	1/5/2006
Are You Playing On The Edges Of Supply Savings Success	12/22/2005
Why Are Supply Chain Professionals Doing All Of The Heavy Lifting?	12/16/2005
Look In the Mirror	12/9/2005
Is Gain Sharing the Next Evolution in Supply Chain Savings?	12/2/2005
Indecision Holds Back More Supply Chain Savings Then Any Other Cause!	11/18/2005
Just How Good Is Your Supply Chain Radar?	11/9/2005
Cost Is Our Enemy; We Must Always Be On The Attack!	11/4/2005
Who Says We Need To Exceed Our Customer’s Expectations?	10/27/2005
The 10 Faces of Innovation That You Need to Adopt to Insure Your Value Team’s Success	10/21/2005
An Eclectic Approach to Supply Chain Savings	10/14/2005
Why a Spend Analysis is the First Step in the Development of Your Supply Value Analysis Plan	10/6/2005
“Circle of Confluence” Strategy Includes Clinicians as Value-able Team Members	9/29/2005
Is Your Supply Value Analysis Program “Wobbly”? And Is it "Sturdy" Enough?	9/15/2005
Four key elements for a successful supply value analysis program	9/8/2005
Where Is Your Hospital Or IDN On The Supply Chain Continuum Scale?	8/26/2005
79% Of Your Supply Chain Savings Are In Your Utilization Cost	8/19/2005
Three Keys To Keeping Your Value Teams Involved, Motivated And Focused On Their Tasks	8/11/2005
Everyone Is Looking For That “Magic Bullet” To Drive Out All Waste and Inefficiency	8/5/2005
Expand Your Management Charter to Enlarge Your Influence, Authority And Savings	7/29/2005
5 Reasons Why Purchase Services Aren’t Top Of The Mind With Supply Chain Professionals	7/21/2005
Why Technology Value Teams Are The Next Big Thing In Raising Your Savings Performance	7/15/2005
3.5 Reasons Why You Need Multiple Savings Streams To Just Keep Running In Place	7/7/2005
How To Create An Automatic Supply Chain Savings Machine	6/29/2005
The #1 Reason Why Healthcare Organizations Aren’t Wringing The Towel Dry	6/24/2005
7 Reasons Why “Winging It” Won’t Bring About Sustainable Supply Chain Savings	6/17/2005
Self Discovery of Powerful Best Practices	6/10/2005
Why Change Management Is A Process, Not A One-Time Event	5/25/2005
Is Gain-Sharing With Your Physicians The Answer To Reducing Your Supply Costs?	5/20/2005
Gaining Senior Management Support for Supply Initiatives	5/12/2005
The Last Bastion Of Supply Chain Performance	5/6/2005
Maintain A Healthy Bottom Line	4/28/2005
Increase Your Savings Yield!	4/21/2005
Sweat The Small Stuff If You Want To Create A Culture Of Exceptional Savings Performance!	4/8/2005
Analysis Is Essential Before Launching Or Re-Launching Your Supply Value Analysis Program	4/1/2005
A New Way Of Thinking About The Products, Services and Technologies You Purchase	3/18/2005
Is Your Annual Inventory Holding Cost Greater Than Your Hospital’s Profit Margin?	3/11/2005
Why Your Cost Reduction Initiatives Must Be A Never Ending Battle?	2/25/2005
How To Eradicate, Eliminate Or At Least Cancel Out The Affects Of The Culture of “No”!	2/15/2005
How To Persuade Your Clinicians That Change Is As Necessary As Breathing!	2/4/2005
Value Analysis Practitioners™ Are Now Commanding High Paying Salaries	1/28/2005
otta Get Into The Game Of Value Analysis If You Are Looking For Long Term Sustainable Savings	1/21/2005
8 Ways To Jump Start Your Value Analysis Savings	1/13/2005
Scientific Evaluation Selection System	1/7/2005
Are You Looking For Breakthrough Innovations	12/17/2004
Imperative For Your Value Teams To Self-Assess Their Performance To Raise The Bar	12/3/2004
How To Move From “Just Good Enough” To High Performance Value Teams	11/23/2004
How Data Driven Logic Can Make Cost Reductions Happen	11/12/2004
Encouraging Your Clinicians to Want to Save Money	11/3/2004
Outsiders Will Dramatically Improve Your Team’s Performance	10/22/2004
Produce Double Digit Savings!	10/15/2004
Untouched Supply Chain Savings	10/10/2004
Collaborating With Your Clinicians	9/30/2004
Produce Double Digit Savings	9/16/2004
3 Big Leaps for Breakthrough Value Analysis Savings	9/10/2004
If You Don’t Have A Lot Of Time For Value Analysis, Then Use The Time You Have Wisely	9/3/2004
3 Reasons Why Outsourcing Your Supply Chain Savings Initiatives is Dangerous	8/20/2004
Why There Are No Quick Fixes	8/13/2004
How to Overcome Resistance to Change	8/6/2004
Peak Supply Chain Performance	7/30/2004
3 Required Attributes for Value Analysis Success	7/23/2004
How To Energize Your Supply Chain Performance Goal Setting	7/16/2004
How to Find Innovative Ways To Save Big Bucks	7/8/2004
3 Winning Strategies To Squeeze Out More Capital Dollars	6/25/2004
Did You Know That Your “Invisible” Costs Are Eating Away At Your Healthcare Organization’s Margins	6/18/2004
Improve Your Supply Chain Performance	6/10/2004
How To Maximize Your Supply Chain Performance	6/3/2004
Achieve Superior Supply/Value Chain Performance	5/21/2004
How To Measure The Success Of Your Value Analysis Program To Significantly Improve Your Performance?	5/13/2004
Reinventing Your Value Analysis Program	5/5/2004
Asking Good Questions	4/30/2004
Finding The Right Fit For Your Value Team Members	4/23/2004
It’s High Time Supply Chain Professionals Learn to Influence Your Decision Makers	4/16/2004
If You Want Your Value Teams To Thrive You Need To Learn to Grow People	4/9/2004
Are You Putting First Things First	4/1/2004
Three Little Known Secrets For Non-Salary Expense Reduction Sustainability!	3/26/2004
How Is Your Return On Investment On Your People Vs. Savings?	3/19/2004
Changing Times Require A Change In Strategic Direction	3/14/2004
The Power Of Focus Will Propel Your Value Teams To The Next Level Of Savings Performance	3/5/2004
Why Does Your Healthcare Organization Need A Value Analysis Coordinator	2/27/2004
Why Do We Need To Understand Our Customers Anyway?	2/20/2004
“WINGING IT” Feels Good With Value Analysis, But Is It Productive or Is It Destructive?	2/13/2004
Why You Need A Strategic Value Analysis™ Plan To Establish, Renew Or Re-invent Your VA Program	2/6/2004
3 New Roles That Supply Chain Professionals Must Fill If You Want To Make “Gigantic” Savings Happen	1/22/2004
How To Create High Performance Value Teams That Really Work!	1/16/2004
5 Mission Critical Value Analysis Elements That Move You To The Next Level of Savings - Part 6 of 6	1/9/2004
5 Mission Critical Value Analysis Elements That Move You To The Next Level of Savings - Part 5 of 6	12/17/2003
5 Mission Critical Value Analysis Elements That Move You To The Next Level of Savings - Part 4 of 6	12/12/2003
5 Mission Critical Value Analysis Elements That Move You To The Next Level of Savings - Part 3 of 6	12/5/2003
5 Mission Critical Value Analysis Elements That Move You To The Next Level of Savings - Part 2 of 6	11/21/2003
5 Mission Critical Value Analysis Elements That Move You To The Next Level Of Savings -Part 1 of 6	11/13/2003
How To Move Your Clinicians From A NO To a YES In Any Product, Service Or Technology (Part 3 of 3)	11/7/2003
How To Move Your Clinicians From A NO To a YES In Any Product, Service Or Technology (Part 2 of 3)	10/30/2003
How To Move Your Clinicians From A NO To a YES In Any Product, Service Or Technology (Part 1 of 3)	10/23/2003
Why Value Analysis Is Needed More Than Ever Before	10/17/2003
Mastering Change Effectively Means Managing Critics and Naysayers	10/10/2003
The Quest For Sustainability In Your Value Analysis Program	10/3/2003
Effective Equipment Asset Management Saves Big Dollars	9/26/2003
Strategic Value Analysis: The Process Connection (Part 3 of 3)	9/18/2003
Strategic Value Analysis: The Process Connection (Part 2 of 3)	9/11/2003
Strategic Value Analysis: The Process Connection (Part 1 of 3)	9/4/2003
Discover the Power of Outsourcing Through Strategic Functional Analysis	8/28/2003
Advanced Value Analysis Training Should Be A Strategic Goal For Your Organization	8/22/2003
Extreme Benchmarking Can Open Up New Vistas of Savings for Your Value Analysis Team(s)	8/7/2003
Managing Risk In Your Supply/Value Chain	7/31/2003
Business Intelligence: The Missing Link In Achieving Higher Levels Of Savings	7/24/2003
Value Analysis: What Really Works	7/18/2003
White Paper - Evolution - Taking Your Value Program to the Next Level of Maturity	7/9/2003
Slash Your Capital Expenditure Cost by 25% or More Annually!	6/27/2003
Don’t Trust Your Gut When You Are Evaluating/Selecting New Products, Services Or Technologies	6/20/2003
KAIZEN: How To Have Evolution, Not A Revolution With Your Value Analysis Program	6/5/2003
How To Catapult Your Savings Performance When Your Time, Money And Resources Are Scarce	6/5/2003
Value Analysis: The Key To Supply Chain Management Success	5/28/2003
Knowing How We Do Things Around Here Is A Critical Factor In Making Savings Happen.	5/14/2003
One Of The Keys To Success In Value Analysis Is Asking Good Questions	5/2/2003
How To Change Negative Behavior of Your Value Team Leaders and Value Team Members	4/20/2003
Value Analysis Is A Discipline	4/15/2003
Your Value Teams Are Only As Good As the People Who Make It Happen!	4/6/2003
Turbocharge Your Value Team(s) Performance With A Rewards And Recognition Program!	3/27/2003
When You Are Sure You’ve Saved Everything You Can, Then You Haven’t Looked Hard Enough!	3/20/2003
How To Energize Your Value Team With New Rules For New Work	3/13/2003
Six Powerful Steps To Develop A Proud And Productive Value Team	3/3/2003
Finding A Senior Executive Level CHAMPION Is A Requisite For Your Value Management Success!	2/19/2003
Value-Based Pricing Should Be The Goal Of Every Supply Chain Manager	2/19/2003
“Pushing And Pulling Your Clinicians In Every Direction, But Forward,,,	2/5/2003
“Exceeding Customer’s Expectations Is A Costly and Flawed Strategy In The 21st Century	1/29/2003
“Valuability” Should Be The Goal Of Every Healthcare Organization In 2003 And Beyond	1/10/2003
Our Organization Is Different. MAYBE!	12/19/2002
Are You Dancing With Your Customers?	12/13/2002
PART V: How to Build Blockbuster Value Teams	12/5/2002
PART IV: How to Build Blockbuster Value Teams	11/22/2002
PART III: How to Build Blockbuster Value Teams	11/13/2002
PART II: How to Build Blockbuster Value Teams	11/6/2002
PART I: How to Build Blockbuster Value Teams	10/31/2002
Are The Terms “Supply” and “Value” Chain Interchangeable, Because They Mean The Same Thing?	10/24/2002
Supply Chain Managers Can Generate Revenue Streams, as Well as Cost Reductions	10/14/2002
IS YOUR GPO GETTING IT RIGHT MOST OF THE TIME OR ARE THERE EVEN BIGGER SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES	10/9/2002
5 Reasons Why Non-Salary Expenses Are Still Too High At Our Nations’ Hospitals!	10/1/2002
Build Versus Buy Decisions Have Changed -- Have You?	9/15/2002
Value Creation Is All About Function	9/12/2002
Optimizing Your Financial Supply Chain	9/5/2002
Expanding Your Horizon From Products To Purchase Services Will Give You Big Wins And Added Value	8/29/2002
5 Critical Challenges For Supply Chain Managers In The 21st Century	8/20/2002
10 Change Management Strategies That You Need To Master (Part 2 of 2)	8/13/2002
10 Change Management Strategies That You Need To Master (Part 1 of 2)	8/6/2002
THERE IS POWER IN DATA AND INFORMATION, BUT THERE IS GOLD TO BE FOUND IN SUPPLY CHAIN	7/30/2002
VALUE MISMATCHES ARE COSTING YOUR HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION BIG DOLLARS!	7/11/2002
APPLYING PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES TO THE VALUE EQUATION	6/27/2002
TAMING THE PAPER TIGER WITH E-SOURCING	6/21/2002
SUPPLY CHAIN’S WEAKEST LINK: DATA QUALITY	6/13/2002
UTILIZATION MISALIGNMENTS ARE COSTING HEALTHCARE ORGANZATIONS MILLONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY	6/6/2002
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT	5/30/2002
DEVELOP A STRATEGIC VIEW OF YOUR SUPPLY/VALUE CHAIN FOR GREATER IMPACT AND RESULTS!	5/23/2002
VALUE-BASED EVALUATION/SELECTION SYSTEMS AREN’T BEING EMPLOYED IN HEALTHCARE TODAY!	5/15/2002
THERE IS STILL GOLD TO BE FOUND IN HOSPITAL INVENTORIES	5/9/2002
CHANGING TIMES REQUIRE CHANGES IN PRACTICES	5/2/2002
SUPPLY/VALUE CHAIN OPTIMIZATION	4/25/2002
FORMS MANAGEMENT: Reinvent, Digitize and Save	4/17/2002
LOW-KEY, LOW COST “EDUCATION” SPARKS PHYSICIANS TO SAVE MONEY	4/4/2002
STRATEGIC VALUE ANAYSIS™: Imitate-and-improve Strategy	3/28/2002
THE FLEXIBLE WORK FORCE: Staffing and Scheduling in the 21st Century	3/21/2002
IF YOU TRULY HEAR YOUR CUSTOMERS YOU WIN!	3/14/2002
OUTSOURCING: Who Needs It? When? And Why?	3/7/2002
CREATING THE FUTURE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT	3/1/2002
REWARDS & RECOGNITION: How To Get The Hard Things Done	2/21/2002
MEASURING THE RIGHT STUFF	2/14/2002
VALUE TEAM TROUBLESHOOTING	2/7/2002
STANDARDIZATION: A Self-Defeating Paradigm	1/30/2002
HOW TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE YOUR VALUE TEAM’s PERFORMANCE	1/24/2002
10 TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE VALUE TEAM MEETINGS	1/18/2002
TREATING YOUR CONTRACTS AS STRATEGIC ASSETS	1/9/2002
BUILDING THE MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE	1/3/2002
NURSING SHORTAGE CALLS FOR NEW “ECONOMIC” STAFFING AND SCHEDULE MODEL!	12/20/2001
TAKING YOUR COST MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL!	12/9/2001
HOW TO FIND TIME TO ANALYZE THE THOUSANDS OF PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES YOU PURCHASE?	12/2/2001
HOW TO GAIN PHYSICIAN BUY-IN TO YOUR PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS	11/16/2001
HOW TO FIND MORE TIME FOR COST MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES	11/15/2001
HOW TO GAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR YOUR COST MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES	11/7/2001
HOW TO GENERATE NEW SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES EVERY YEAR!	11/1/2001
COST IS OUR #1 ENEMY; WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON THE ATTACK	10/25/2001
Reduce Your Equipment Maintenance Cost By Up To 50% BY ADOPTING A STRATEGIC INTEGRATION STRATEGY	10/8/2001
Strategic Value Analysis™: Focusing on the right things!	9/30/2001
HOW DO YOU FIND TIME FOR VALUE ANALYSIS?	9/25/2001
Value Analysis Empowers Employees To Save More!!	9/18/2001
Strategic Value Analysis™: 10 best practices IN U.S.	9/9/2001
VA Committee (where’s the value?) Vs Team Approach to Value Analysis	9/3/2001
“Circle of Confluence” Strategy Reduces Clinicians Fear of Change	8/28/2001
Value Analysis Technology Connection	8/20/2001
The Law Of Diminishing Returns - What Does It Take To Move Beyond This Challenge?	8/13/2001
Team Vs Individual Value Analysis Process	8/5/2001
VALUE MANAGEMENT BACK TO THE BASICS FORWARD TO SAVINGS	7/28/2001

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