You Have to Be Strategic to Save Big with Purchased Service Expenses
Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations, SVAH Solutions For many years, purchased service expenses has been the forgotten brother/sister of the healthcare supply chain non-salary…
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5 Overlooked Costs of Ignoring Your Purchased Services
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions Purchased services, or the contracting for tasks, work, or services provided by an outside contractor (e.g., copier repairs, window…
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…