With the supply chain representing the second biggest expense on hospitals' balance sheets1, the need to eliminate waste and gain efficiencies is constant. However, most organizations' current ...

Over 40% of the owners reported price increases of 10% or higher. Sixty-nine percent raised 5% or more. To date, supply chain problems have played a major role in the surge in inflation.

When we talk about an organization’s supply chain we are usually talking in terms of “push” or “pull.” When a company is operating in “push” mode what happens is that a large part of the production ...

That’s the cost-push side. Like other central banks, part of the mission given to the Fed by Congress is to keep prices stable, and it likes to see an inflation rate of about 2 percent a year.