Purchased Services the Right Way: Sustainable Targeted Cost Savings
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions I can’t count the number of times a supply chain manager, director, or even vice president has told us…
January 2020
A New Approach to Purchased Service Contracts
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions Customarily, agreeing upon and memorializing a formal contract on a purchased service agreement has generally been a tug-of-war between…
7 Purchased Service Best Practices that Positively Impact Your Bottom Line
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions Purchased service management (PSM) is a relatively new supply chain discipline. However, based on our 32-year PSM experience, we…
Why a New Purchased Services Magazine?
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions We as a company have been proselytizing for years that purchased services (i.e., services purchased from an outside contractor)…
Outsourcing as a Strategic Weapon
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions All healthcare organizations need to dramatically reduce their costs and improve quality to stay relevant in the current healthcare…
Master Agreements Can Greatly Speed Up All of Your Purchased Service Contract Approvals
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions Don’t Use a Vendor’s Contract Unless it Conforms to Your Master Contract I’m a big proponent of not using…
How to and How Not to Make Concessions in PSC Negotiations
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions Being First to Make Concessions May Not Be a Bad Thing Making concessions, or an exchange of money for…
Price is the Smallest Element in the PSC Savings Equation
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions Focusing Exclusively on PSC Price Savings Can Make You Overconfident We are all looking for quick savings fixes with…