Sundar Kamak , Head of Industry Solutions at Ivalua , has two tips for healthcare organisations to take a more proactive approach to their supply chains .

Apply technology solutions . Connect key IT systems to leverage data wherever possible to drive better decisions . Establish a supply chain risk and performance assessment , monitoring and mitigation plan . Explore a self-distribution model and more transactional automation with procure-to-pay solutions . When the time is right , and you ’ ve been able to automate much of the source-to-pay process , then you can engage in more supplier collaboration and innovation activities .

Diversify and expand the supply chain . Healthcare organisations need to create a system that offers a better view of essential medical supplies to ensure that they are optimising highly fragmented supply chains . This will more effectively align potential demands to constrained supply by avoiding excess in some regions and shortages in others . Resiliency can be improved by dual sourcing raw materials and having multiple suppliers from multiple regions .

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