Jul 08, 2021
Medical Supplier Pandemic Economics: Impact to Sterile Processing Department
◆ Key Takeaway The 2020 pandemic disrupted medical suppliers and sterile processing departments through six challenges: shutdowns, just-in-time inventory failures, the supply-chain bullwhip effect, higher shipping costs, halted commodity production, and hoarding. These cascaded into price increases, product shortages, longer lead times, and workforce gaps, prompting facilities to abandon lean inventory. by Dan Gusanders, founder…
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