Strategic management of the health care supply chain
By: by Eugene S. Schneller and Lawrence R. Smeltzer.
Contributors: Smeltzer, Larry R.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780787980399
Subjects: Medical care -- Administration.; Medical facilities -- Business management.; Strategic planning.; Business logistics.; Materials Management, Hospital -- organization & administration -- United States.; Efficiency, Organizational -- United States.; Purchasing, Hospital -- organization & administration -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Framing and repositioning management of the health care supply; title: Managing supply risk and cost reduction; title: Internal customer relationship and performance management; title: Group purchasing organizations shaping the health materials marketplace; title: Inventory and distribution process: the search for strategy; title: Organizational design for hospital and health care system supply chain; title: Levels of development for the health care supply chain; title: Building supply chain leadership and resources for the future.