Solutions to Address Healthcare Industry Challenges
We focus on delivering solutions to six core procurement challenges facing healthcare industry providers.
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Supplier cost challenges
If your experiencing margin contraction or declining profits, uncontrolled supplier costs could be the cause. Spend Solutions addresses these challenges through a suite of cost optimisation services, from contract reviews & strategic sourcing through to a full cost reduction program. Our cost optimisation projects follow a solution-led philosophy that assesses all factors that impact long term performance such as strategic fit, supply risk, commercial terms & supplier capability, not just identifying who is the cheapest. Combined with our deep commercial expertise, the result is greater savings that stick while elevating supplier performance & reducing supply risk.
Supplier issues
Supplier issues such as poor operational performance, contract disputes or restrictive terms, lack of perceived value, etc can be a drain on organisational resources & performance. Spend Solutions can transform suppliers from a liability to a valued asset through either a contract review or a strategic sourcing review, depending on your goals & timeline. We work with you to understand your requirements, develop a bespoke solution & then establish performance measurement & monitoring to ensure supplier performance that meets organisational requirements.
Limited visibility or controls
For organisations with complex operations, multiple data sources or limited internal controls, understanding where to start & what opportunities exist are often the biggest challenges. Spend Solutions can assess your current environment, identify potential improvement opportunities & develop a roadmap to maximise value creation & achieve organisational objectives.
Internal constraints
Where organisations have variable or elevated demand, financial constraints or require specialised expertise, accessing specialist procurement support can be a viable solution to meet organisational requirements. Spend Solutions can provide a procurement solution across services such as strategic sourcing, contract management & managed procurement that supports your organisation on project specific, short term or ongoing basis.
Ineffective internal systems
If internal procurement systems & processes are a roadblock to meeting organisational requirements, Spend Solutions can review, identify, develop & deliver procurement systems & processes such as procure to pay, contract management frameworks, go-to-market frameworks e-procurement & purchasing card that provide the level of visibility & control to deliver on organisational objectives.
Outdated strategy
If your procurement strategy either doesn’t exist or is no longer fit for purpose, Spend Solutions can conduct a procurement strategy review to identify the best operating model, systems & processes to achieve organisational objectives, including a comprehensive transition plan.
Why Spend Solutions
Spend Solutions are leaders in helping healthcare providers obtain greater value from their supplier base, with over 25
years of procurement experience across relevant categories & environments, including complex & multi-site
organisations. Our healthcare procurement solutions ensure alignment with organisational requirements, delivered by
procurement experts to maximise value creation, under flexible service options that generate value for money outcomes.
Deep Industry Experience
25+ years of procurement experience across healthcare organisations & spend categories.
Complex & Multi-Site Specialists
Broad experience working across complex & multi-site groups of 200+ sites.
Superior Commercial Outcomes
Bespoke solutions delivered by negotiation experts maximises savings & commercial terms.
Supplier Independent & Agnostic
Delivering the best outcomes for clients while treating suppliers fairly & with respect.
Healthcare Procurement Experts
Perfect for established organisations operating in complex or multi-site environments seeking to drive value from their supplier base, across industry segments such as-
Expertise in clinical & general spend categories such as
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Healthcare Procurement Case Studies
As Australia's leading healthcare procurement experts, Spend Solutions has delivered numerous procurement solutions to
Australian healthcare organisations. Check out a sample of some of our case studies within the healthcare industries
demonstrating how Spend Solutions helped healthcare organisations obtain greater value from their supplier base.
Waste Strategic Sourcing Review
24% savings for social care group that consolidated suppliers & contracts.
Office Supplies Strategic Sourcing Review
Office supplies procurement solution delivers 19% cost reduction to social care group.
Purchasing card & expense management system
Purchasing card & EMS solution 19% cost reduction to social care group.
How Healthcare Procurement Helps Organisations
Healthcare procurement encompasses the strategic & commercial management of suppliers through which hospitals, clinics, and government health networks source, contract, and purchase clinical & indirect spend categories. Clinical spend categories capture all products & services directly related to the treatment of patients such as medical consumables, medical equipment, medical services & food supplies. Indirect spend categories include all other opex spend categories used across most industries such as corporate, facilities, marketing & ICT.
Having a proactive, formalised management of suppliers is essential for all organisations, however particularly in the healthcare industry where there are significant regulatory requirements, highly specified products & severe consequences for supplier or product non performance. Within this context, procurement activity can have not only a cost reduction impact but also the ability to minimise & avoid supply risks that can have significant business impacts.
The role of procurement within healthcare providers is therefore to manage these risks & opportunities to ensure they align with business objectives & priorities. Having a clear cost savings roadmap, robust sourcing strategies for key spend categories plus ongoing contract & performance management are the primary activities to achieve these objectives & demonstrate value creation.
Where internal procurement either doesn’t exist, is under resourced or lacks specific capabilities, healthcare procurement specialists are the perfect resource that allows organisations to obtain greater value from their supplier base without the need for additional headcount or expensive systems.
Ready to obtain greater value from your supplier base?
Contact us to discuss how Spend Solutions’ bespoke procurement solutions can help your organisation obtain greater value from your supplier base.
