The process for identifying contract or category end users.
What is stakeholder mapping?
100
This group is responsible for leading equipment conversions AND any activities regarding product equipment installation, check-in and/or tagging.
Who is Clinical Technology?
100
This document is created when a conversion is required.
It contains the conversion schedule, cross-reference, OneLink numbers, vendor contacts, product announcement, and price list.
What is a conversion launch package?
100
When a new product is launched, this is often required before new products can be made available to end users.
What is education and training?
100
This legislation governs no cost evaluations.
What is the Sunshine Act?
200
After a new contract has been implemented, this is the process used to monitor off contract spend
What is compliance tracking?
200
This is an internal group to include in transportation and distribution planning requirements.
Who is Transportation and Distribution?
200
The event that marks the beginning of the product implementation process and is published 30 days in advance of a contract.
What is a product announcement?
200
Regional/local expenses needed to replace product during a contract change.
What is conversion cost?
200
The maximum time allowed per vendor for evaluations.
What is 90 days?
300
In this part of the conversion process, this meeting is held with Sourcing, Demand Planning, Item Master, the contracted Supplier and chaired by the PIM for a contract conversion.
What is a National Conversion kick-off meeting?
300
This group is responsible for analyzing current supply and forecasting future product needs for all national conversions.
Who is Demand Planning?
300
This document is usually written by the SST/Core Group chair and addressed to key physicians and/or stakeholders.
What is a clinical announcement or letter to clinicians?
300
This is the process where formerly contracted supplies and equipment are either returned to the supplier or removed from the medical center.
What is asset disposition?
300
Requirements for environmentally conscious facilities.
What are the recycling and reprocessing programs?
400
This is the process used when a clinician can not use a contracted product that is part of a national standard.
What is the national exceptions process?
400
This team is responsible to review and approve a valid cross-reference file.
Who is the Sourcing and Standard team?
400
Along with the product announcement, this document is critical to launching the product implementation process, and is used by Demand Planning and Distribution to associate current products to future products. It is also used by Finance to create compliance reporting.
What is the cross-reference?
400
When products are not delivered through a distributor.
What is direct delivery?
400
When OneLink numbers are no longer available for an incumbent supplier.
What is OneLink deactivation?
500
This is the process used within the local medical center when requesting a new product that is not on contract.
What is the new product introduction process?
500
This group is responsible for communicating conversion scope and managing vendor issues throughout the conversion process.
Who is Sourcing?
500
This checklist is reviewed by the Product Implementation lead before launching a conversion to determine whether there is a green light to proceed with the conversion.
What is a workable contract?
500
The preferred method of delivery for local supply chain.
What is delivery through a distributor?
500
This is used by Sourcing and Finance to forecast contract savings.