Section 1: Basic knowledge for understanding the healthcare sector and the supply chain in Hospitals.
In this section you will find all the basics you need to set up a purchasing department and understand the hospital world. We start with some important definitions of terms
and explain how to derive the purchasing strategy from the corporate strategy.
With the ten building blocks of our pyramid, we explain step by step how to set up professional purchasing. At the end of each building block of the pyramid, you will find a checklist. So you easily can check your maturity level and develop your individual to-do list. The pyramid chapter is your navigation system through this book for all issues about purchasing. In this chapter, we tell you a bit about our experience using some anecdotes. Why?
Have the courage and
perseverance to keep working towards the goal
, no matter what happens
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Just remember: Big Change always provides you with incredible experiences. Take it with humor. Continue to solve the problems step by step. And be patient with your team. Change means for your team: acquiring new skills and changing habits. Accompany and support your team. We hope that you will smile from time to time while reading and realize that you are not alone with your problems.
The logistics in a hospital are complex, we give you an overview of the different areas and challenges and you can find out which topics we go into where in this book.
The healthcare sector is a unique universe full of secrets, magic and wonderful people. But also complex and full of technical terms. Only if you understand the basics of this
will you become a successful buyer or logistician. We explain the most important framework conditions of the German healthcare system, the
particularities of the hospital world and the financing system.
We are especially proud of Tjarko’s article. He suceeded to explain the wonder of the human body in a very short and understandable way.
