Supply Chain
October 5, 2020
October 5, 2020
A resilient supply chain is at the heart of the new future of healthcare. Yet COVID-19 revealed that today’s healthcare supply chains are far from resilient. Too many are challenged by supply shortages, poor visibility, antiquated technology and unreliable suppliers.
To compete in the new future, healthcare providers must move beyond these limitations and reimagine the supply chain to support patients, frontline healthcare workers and the business. This transformation requires swift action in three key areas.
Manage all third-party spend to address immediate financial challenges and reset end-to-end costs for the new healthcare environment.
This report explores how applying a zero-based lens across the supply chain shifts cost curves and boosts performance for new business value.
Achieve total visibility of supply and demand by using analytics to continually anticipate needs and respond with foresight, speed, efficiency and flexibility.
This is the story of Accenture’s work with a medical technology company that boosted agility and responsiveness through technology-led innovation.
Build and manage future-ready supply chains that reflect the rapidly evolving ways that healthcare services are being delivered—such as virtual health and home health.
This is the story of how the VentilatorChallenge UK consortium pooled resources to produce and deliver ventilators for hospitals.
In each of these areas, healthcare organizations must plan and sequence actions to strike the right balance between addressing pressing needs and laying the foundation for change over time.