Audio PodcastDoes every purchased service need to go out to bid? At Parkland Hospital, Pamela Bryant, SVP, Supply Chain Management and an incoming Bellwether League Hall of Fame inductee, uses evaluation committees on certain services to ask whether what’s in place today is good enough with some tweaks.
She also inherited a thousand-bed hospital designed to run just in time, with shadow supply chains creating overstock. Pamela tells Eric why every project order runs through a parent distribution center, why AI hasn’t cut her staff yet, and what 800 clinics at Hanger taught her about skipping the big bang.
Topics discussed:
– Asking whether a purchased service needs a bid or tweaks
– Finding the shadow supply chains that create overstock
– Why a thousand-bed hospital can’t run just in time
– Running every project order through one distribution center
– Winning OR inventory on the third attempt
– Saying yes to new scope, then setting the timeline
– Why AI hasn’t cut Parkland’s supply chain staff yet
– Staggering an 800-clinic rollout instead of one big bang
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About the Guest
Pamela Bryant
SVP, Supply Chain Management, Parkland Hospital
About the Host
Eric O'Daffer
Executive Producer, Smarter Sourcing: Healthcare
