Education

Breaking Down the Barriers - Achieving a High Performing Finance/Supply Chain Team

Co-sponsored by AHRMM and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)

John Black
Bryan Buckert
Julie Burke
Mary Hoffman
Brad Kokjohn
Dean Nicholson
Mark St. George

When close to 45% of a hospital’s operating budget is in some way involved with materials management, effective communication and collaboration between finance and the supply chain are critical to a strong bottom line. Listen as chief financial officers and directors of supply chains reveal the dynamics of their successful working relationships and discuss key strategies to forge partnerships that better achieve organizational success. Also, receive a variety of tools, tips, and techniques that your team can use to achieve success at your facility, including:

Metrics and their utilization to monitor and improve performance
Ideas on how to overcome barriers through organizational structure
Tips on team selection, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of operations improvement initiatives
Strategies and actions to guide the team to its highest performance

All finance/supply chain team members will benefit. Chief financial officers, directors of materials management/supply chain, and other managers responsible for budget, decision support, contracting, and value analysis are all strongly encouraged to participate, as this presentation covers:

In-depth information on supply chain management, including its definition, breadth, and scope.
Techniques the finance department can use to better understand the supply chain, beyond the price paid for products, without having to become supply chain experts.
How materials professionals can better communicate opportunities and results to outside departments.
Strategies to optimize the finance/supply team’s performance.

AHRMM Members and HFMA Members $170 (per CD-ROM).
Non Members $245 (per CD-ROM).

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AHRMM offers 2 Contact Hours or 0.2 Continuing Education Units, and HFMA offers 2 continuing professional education (CPE) credits for participating in this program.