Taking The Supply Chain Pulse
St. Onge’s Healthcare Hall of Famer and industry icon, Fred Crans, chats with leaders from all areas of healthcare to discuss the issues of today's- threats, challenges and emerging trends and technologies in a lighthearted and engaging manner.
ENGINEERING A BETTER HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
We provide comprehensive planning and design services to develop world-class facilities and highly effective support services operations. Our capabilities in hospital supply chain consulting include applied industrial engineering, lean methodologies, systems thinking, and operations research to enable improved patient care and staff satisfaction. We are proud to have worked with over 100 hospitals, including 18 of the top 22 in the US, utilizing diverse design strategies, post-construction implementation, and change management.
Episodes
67 episodes
Sixty Years Of Healthcare Supply Chain Wisdom
Season three opens with a twist: Tom Redding takes the interviewer’s chair to explore Fred Kranz’s 60-year journey across healthcare logistics and supply chain. What follows is a fast-paced, deeply human conversation about resilience, mentorshi...
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33:25
What Suppliers Wish Hospitals Knew About Value, Quality, And Risk
We talk with Stuart Wooster, a former hospital supply chain leader now on the supplier side, about how value, quality, and risk management change when you build products as well as deliver them. The result is a practical playbook for resilience...
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32:51
From Value Analysis to Sterile Processing: How Better Beats Bigger in Healthcare Supply Chain
We explore how smarter value analysis, better space planning, and disciplined sterile processing turn hidden complexity into safer, simpler care. Crystal shares cases where consolidating supply rooms, mapping risks with FMEA, and aligning teams...
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30:11
When Compassion Crosses Borders: A Supply Chain Leader's Mission
Greg Goddard, Division Vice President of Supply Chain at Scion Health, shares his extraordinary work with Ukrainian orphans through his foundation Simply Loved Orphan Care. Despite ongoing war, Greg travels to Ukraine to provide children from t...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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32:01
From Struggling to Standout: How a Mid-sized Health System Built an Award-winning Supply Chain
St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho has been recognized by Gartner as one of the top 25 healthcare supply chains in the country, achieving this distinction as a mid-sized independent organization competing with much larger systems....
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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28:15
Healthcare's Next Generation is Learning Supply Chain by Design, Not Accident
Reggie Gardner, a Navy Corpsman turned graduate student, represents the future of healthcare supply chain by combining practical medical experience with formal supply chain education at the University of Tennessee. His journey highlights the ev...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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30:57
Engineering the Future-Ready Healthcare Infrastructure
Tom Redding, Executive Vice President and Healthcare Practice Lead at St Onge Company, discusses why healthcare organizations need to regularly assess their supply chain operations to stay competitive and efficient in today's challenging enviro...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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34:24
We Can't Keep Doing the Same Things and Expect Different Results
Mark Van Sumeren, Managing Director at Health Industry Advisor, discusses the perfect storm facing healthcare: tariffs increasing costs, Medicare demands growing with the aging population, and critical workforce shortages.• Tariffs on m...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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32:02
The Heart of Healthcare Supply Chain: It's Not About Counting Beans
Régine Villain, SVP of Supply Chain at Ochsner Health and 2023 AMR Award winner, discusses healthcare supply chain resilience and the engineering mindset that has shaped her leadership approach.• Continuous supply disruptions require he...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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31:26
Designing Hospital Spaces for Tomorrow's Challenges
Struggling with hospital logistics as patient populations grow but your infrastructure stays the same? You're not alone. In this eye-opening conversation with Albert Nkansah, Project Manager at St Onge Company, we dive deep into the challenges ...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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31:41
The Lean Advantage: How One Leader Transformed Three Different Supply Chains
What happens when military precision meets corporate efficiency in healthcare? In this eye-opening conversation, Chico Manning, Assistant Vice President of Enterprise Supply Chain at PIH Health and 2024 Bellwether League Future Famer Award reci...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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29:03
Supply Chain Turbulence: Navigating Healthcare's New Reality
"The most stirred up soup I've ever seen in healthcare." That's how host Fred Crans describes the current state of healthcare supply chains in this eye-opening conversation with industry veteran John Strong. As healthcare systems face unprecede...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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28:41
The Best Kept Secret in Supply Chain Consulting
What happens when you combine a background in medieval literature with supply chain expertise? A fascinating perspective that challenges how we think about business problems. In this captivating conversation, Bryan Jensen, Chairperson/EVP of St...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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36:17
The Power of Supply Chain Leadership
Amanda Chawla, Senior VP and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Stanford Health, shares insights on transforming healthcare supply operations from transactional processes to strategic networks. Recognized by Gartner for excellence, Stanford's approa...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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24:55
Disaster Planning Continuation: How Outside Expertise Transforms Healthcare Supply Chains
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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28:31
The Human Touch: Why AI Can't Replace Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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27:45
From Me to We: Reimagining Healthcare Supply Chain Partnerships
Healthcare supply chain leaders have largely reverted to pre-COVID practices despite ongoing vulnerabilities, while simultaneously lacking the strategic sourcing skills and upstream visibility needed to build true resilience. Dr. Randy Bradley,...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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22:34
Part 2: Navigating Healthcare’s Supply Chain Crisis: Insights from the Inside
Healthcare can instantly notify you about a critical lab result, but struggles to track the implant in your body. Why? Ed Hisscock, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Management at Trinity Health, has spent his career wrestling with this par...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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12:54
Part 1: Navigating Healthcare’s Supply Chain Crisis: Insights from the Inside
Healthcare supply chains face unprecedented challenges amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ed Hisscock of Trinity Health shares insights on managing these crises, focusing on issues like talent shortages and data transparency. Discussion on sup...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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15:43
Part 2: Strategic sourcing and Innovation in Healthcare Supply Chains
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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17:48
Strategic Sourcing and Innovation in Healthcare Supply Chains
This episode explores the integration of people, processes, and technology within the healthcare supply chain, with insights from George Godfrey of Baptist Health of South Florida. A proactive approach to staffing, financial pressures, and tech...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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16:35
Unlocking Hospital Operations: Insights with Ted Rogalski on Strategic Leadership and Local Integration
We dive into the challenges and successes of critical access hospitals with Ted Rogalski, shedding light on their vital role in rural healthcare and the complexities of the supply chain in the industry. Ted shares insights into the operations, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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25:46
Innovative Facility Strategies for Modern Healthcare Needs
The healthcare landscape is undergoing significant changes driven by labor shortages, technology integration, and the need for efficient operations. This episode emphasizes the importance of designing hospitals with adaptable systems that lever...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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23:38
Navigating Healthcare's Complexities Through Innovation
Lisa Rogalski shares her transformative journey through the healthcare supply chain, highlighting the importance of mentorship, teamwork, and innovation in driving success. She discusses her transition from Genesis to Trinity Health and her foc...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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