Considering the litany of recent and ongoing local and global struggles ranging from medical and financial uncertainty to political unrest, a resilient supply chain has never been more critical. Uncertain Times The rollercoaster of events over recent years have impacted all industries, especially in the healthcare sector. Everyday heroes… Read More
Cost to serve is really hard to calculate.Most companies try, but they don’t have enough good data to do it right. Cost to Serve (CTS) is a coveted metric in the medical device industry. It enables business leaders to realize significant financial impacts within their organizations. For example, they can… Read More
Give reps their day (life) back by reducing audit time from days to minutes, while also removing all the stress. Inventory audits involve so much more than simply counting items. Built-in shelf mapping, automated alerts, generated discrepancy reports, and the ability to quickly scan any barcode straight from a… Read More
Sales reps and ops teams in the medical device industry face complex challenges. Unique to the medical device last-mile supply chain is the fact that sales reps often carry inventory stock with them on a full-time basis as safety stock or as part of the overall fulfillment process. This “… Read More
Field operations are complex and continuously changing. Multiple adaptive advanced analytics models triangulate and automatically take mitigating action on inventory efficiency opportunities and risks. Operations in the Medical Device industry are especially complex due to the expectation of zero failures. When sales teams fail to ensure the right assets are… Read More
Impact of Cycle Time and Service Level on your Inventory Levels Clean, fast data enables proactive inventory control and management. Applied properly, advanced analytics can be leveraged to optimize your field inventory operations. Previous articles discussed calculating optimized inventory levels for medical device field offices based on actual demand… Read More
The Right Enterprise Platform Makes All The Difference When searching for the right tool, there are so many factors to consider. When you understand what is important, then everything else becomes easier. After helping many of the world’s largest enterprise med device companies with their field sales enablement and… Read More