{"id":1541,"date":"2016-12-01T12:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T11:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2016-12-01T12:25:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T11:25:03","slug":"healthcare-logistic-management-the-current-challenges-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2016\/12\/01\/healthcare-logistic-management-the-current-challenges-faced\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Logistic Management: The Current Challenges Faced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/challenges_that_healthcare_logistic_management_is_facing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1542 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/challenges_that_healthcare_logistic_management_is_facing.jpg\" alt=\"challenges_that_healthcare_logistic_management_is_facing\" width=\"750\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/challenges_that_healthcare_logistic_management_is_facing.jpg 750w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/challenges_that_healthcare_logistic_management_is_facing-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.driv.in\/en\/blog\/healthcare-logistic-management-and-some-problems-to-overcome\"><span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_name\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"text\">Healthcare Logistic Management: The Current Challenges Faced<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Can you imagine a healthcare system with a <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/2016\/07\/13\/1207\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supply chain<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that doesn\u2019t work? Unthinkable, right? But, believe it or not, healthcare is an industry that has\u00a0been usually working with suppliers at the edge of compliance, mainly because of high costs and inefficiencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These difficulties happen\u00a0<em>\u201cdue in large part to declining reimbursements for services. As a result, they are seeking opportunities to reduce costs without diminishing the quality of patient care\u201d<\/em>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.supplychainquarterly.com\/topics\/Logistics\/20141110-how-supply-chain-management-can-help-to-control-health-care-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Supply Chain Quarterly<\/a><\/strong><\/span> explains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/Portada_Ingles1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1511 size-medium\" title=\"Introduction to fleet management\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/Portada_Ingles1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Introduction to fleet management\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/Portada_Ingles1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/Portada_Ingles1-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>Download free our eBook \u201cIntroduction to Fleet management\u201d that develops our methodology in order to manage any type of vehicle fleet through all his activities, variables and key factors involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/blog\/files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But in the last couple of years, things seem to be changing for better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe way healthcare organizations source supplies and connect with manufacturers and service providers is undergoing a comprehensive transformation &#8211;<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inboundlogistics.com\/cms\/article\/healthcare-logistics-filling-a-new-prescription-for-supply-chain-improvement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inbound Logistics<\/a><\/strong><\/span> stands- one that is essential to meet emerging patient demands, address healthcare legislation, support an overall focus on improving patient care, and reduce healthcare costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inboundlogistics.com\/cms\/article\/healthcare-logistics-filling-a-new-prescription-for-supply-chain-improvement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Inbound Logistics<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the Gartner&#8217;s 2016 Healthcare Provider Supply Chain Outlook shows what are the major concerns of the healthcare industry leaders:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Align objectives with strategic goals and integrate delivery network.<\/li>\n<li>Priorize standardization.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce pharmaceutical costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the other hand, the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ups.com\/media\/en\/UPS-PITC-Executive-Summary-North-America.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">UPS 2015 annual healthcare survey<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, conducted by global market researcher<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tnsglobal.com\/\"> TNS<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, shows that <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/2016\/07\/06\/how-logistics-contributes-to-alibabas-outstanding-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">logistic<\/a><\/strong><\/span> decision makers are seeing success in:<\/p>\n<p>Product security: Bar-coding, serialization, and cooperation with law enforcement have contributed to improved this key issue in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.driv.in\/en\/blog\/how-your-logistics-management-can-improve-your-customer-satisfaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">healthcare logistic management<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Logistic and distribution partnerships: Healthcare companies are using this strategy to meet regulations, avoid product damage, and to reduce cost management.\u00a0\u201cNew regulations can be difficult to navigate, but healthcare companies are adapting well to change, with success in addressing regulatory compliance showing a 13% point increase from 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">Challenging points<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The UPS survey also established as key findings the following challenges for this industry:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Product damage and spoilage:<em> \u201cRemains a concern as products become more complex and in-transit monitoring and intervention options are underutilized.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cost management:<em> \u201cHealthcare logistics decision makers report rapid business growth, fluctuations in fuel and raw materials costs, increasing regulations, and new market expansion as the biggest challenges to managing supply chain costs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Contingency planning: <em>\u201cUnplanned events have impacted healthcare supply chains in the last 3-5 years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">About <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/2016\/07\/06\/how-logistics-management-innovation-can-help-boost-barnes-noble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">logistic<\/a><\/strong><\/span> cost management, which is one of the most commonly mentioned factor of concern, the UPS survey says that logistic decision makers identify the following challenges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">56% Rapid business growth.<\/li>\n<li>55% Fluctuating fuel cost.<\/li>\n<li>49% Fluctuating raw material costs.<\/li>\n<li>47% Increasing regulatory requirements.<\/li>\n<li>45% New market expansion.<\/li>\n<li>42% Investment in technology.<\/li>\n<li>38% Aging of IT systems.<\/li>\n<li>38% Lack of visibility in systems to improve cost management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What do logistic operators say about this survey? <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whichwarehouse.com\/blog\/news\/healthcare-logistics-industry-warehouse-space\/\">Which Warehouse<\/a><\/strong><\/span> platform stands that:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cMost of these results were unsurprising, yet this is the first year that security concerns ranked higher than cost management, or managed to rank second only to compliance issues. The analysis show that concern over costs is still high, but that most healthcare logistics professionals are becoming less pessimistic over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cSome analysts feel that the top three concerns should be looked at more holistically &#8211;<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whichwarehouse.com\/blog\/news\/healthcare-logistics-industry-warehouse-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Which Warehouse<\/a><\/strong><\/span> adds-. The real question is \u2018how can a company maintain compliance levels while maintaining product security and accessing new markets, all the while maintaining a profit margin?\u2019 Expressed that way, the fact that there is increased optimism at all seems a good sign indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Which of these challenges show in a better way your local healthcare market reality? We invite you to share your opinion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-section\">\n<div class=\"blog-post-wrapper cell-wrapper\">\n<h4 id=\"hubspot-topic_data\" style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\" Francisca Howard\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/1546224\/team\/francisca.jpg?t=1466869571349\" alt=\"Francisca Howard\" width=\"253\" height=\"250\" \/>Written by\u00a0Francisca Howard<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about-author-sec row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span10\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Francisca is a commercial engineer by University Adolfo Iba\u00f1ez. She worked 10 years in the retail industry and the last few months she has been working as a business developer for\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.driv.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drivin<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a\u00a0SaaS solution that allows to distribution companies to reduce its transport costs as well as increase the service quality of their final clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify\">Join to my Facebook and LinkedIn pages focus on Fleet Management, each week we publish posts, conferences, news and technology related to Fleet Management.<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting\/?ref=bookmarks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2076 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/imagenes-de-facebook-logo-4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"imagenes-de-facebook-logo-4\" width=\"92\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting\/?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/advanced-fleet-management-consulting?trk=biz-companies-cym\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2077\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/768px-LinkedIn_logo_initials-300x300.png\" alt=\"768px-LinkedIn_logo_initials\" width=\"89\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/advanced-fleet-management-consulting?trk=biz-companies-cym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cursos-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1253 size-medium\" title=\"Fleet managemet training\" src=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cursos-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Fleet managemet training\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/cursos-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/cursos-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The main goal of this course is to provide the knowledge and the skills to manage any kind of vehicle fleet through all its activities and key aspects.\u00a0The course is aimed to executives, middle managers, fleet managers and any professional related to fleet management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Know our fleet management cours<\/a>e<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1233 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"nueva-ley-auditoria\" width=\"261\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/nueva-ley-auditoria.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The audit is a key tool to know the overall status and provide the analysis, the assessment, the advice, the suggestions and the actions to take in order to cut costs and increase the efficiency and efficacy of the fleet management. We propose the following fleet management audit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Know our fleet management audit<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare Logistic Management: The Current Challenges Faced Can you imagine a healthcare system with a supply chain that doesn\u2019t work? Unthinkable, right? But, believe it or not, healthcare is an industry that has\u00a0been usually working with suppliers at the edge of compliance, mainly because of high costs and inefficiencies. 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