Soft Skills
What is Eric Thomas
Area/rooms within Rush that contains medicine, equipment, and other supplies.
Hint: we visited this area during our group field trip
What is the operating room
The process of evaluating bids in response to sourcing events. It is performed based on the cost analysis, wherein the bids submitted by all suppliers are compared and awarded to the most eligible bidder.
What is Bid Analysis
What is non-stock requisition
An entity that buys noncompeting products and sells them to an end user.
Hint: often offers additional services like tech support
What is distributors
Fishnets, poorly fitting clothes, jeans and hats during an interview
Inappropriate Business Attire
Perioperative Supply Chain Customers
What are Surgeons, Clinical leaders, Vendors and Peers
The procurement process that connects data collection, spend analysis, market research, negotiation, and contracting.
What is Strategic Sourcing
What is a Item Master
1st step in processing inbound packages
What is locating the PO number
What is Confidence, Personality, Intelligence
Devices or tissues that are placed inside or on the surface of the body, used to replace missing body parts
What is Medical Implants
The final stage of the contracting/negotiations process flow
What is Closing and Commitment
The type of inventory management system best describes Q-Sight
What is Point of Use/RFID
The percentage of healthcare operating costs that are related to supply chain
What is 40-45%
The best outcome for a negotiation
What is a win-win
What is Bronchoscopy
the practice of analyzing procurement spend to decrease costs, increase efficiency, or improve supplier relationships.
Hint: elements include (Current Vendor Spend, Market Assessment, Savings & Standardization Opportunities, Local & Diverse Vendor Options)
What is Spend Analysis
Customer Service, Business Etiquette, Tech Skills, Product Knowledge, and Communication are key components
What is Global Supply Chain
Allows customers to place orders for products that do not have sufficient stock on hand
Type of operating room that is usually based around imaging like CT, MR, C-ARM
What is hybrid operating room
the process of matching purchase orders (PO), goods receipt note, and the supplier’s invoice to eliminate fraud, save money, and maintain adequate records for the audit trail.
What is 3-Way Matching
The primary inventory management system at Rush
What is ParEx
What is Medspeed