Tools
Tools and Resources
SMI’s Tools are produced and created through a member-driven collaborative process.
Using customized processes, involving research, concept development, sharing of best practices, pilot programs, peer-reviews, SMI Thought Leadership Councils and initiative teams produce methodologies, publications, guidelines, and interactive tools to help all healthcare supply chain practitioners to become more efficient, agile, and transformative. SMI’s Tools are available at no charge.
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SMI serves as a conduit to support broad education on SNS to the healthcare marketplace.
SMI presents a conversation with Steve Adams from the Strategic National Stockpile to present an overview of their program
A playbook of recommendations on conducting productive and transparent virtual business relationships that replicate the high touch nature of in-person meetings and facilitate the introduction of new provider and supplier relationships.
This guideline is designed to support, not replace, written policies and the redesign of access and credentialing programs
Trading partner collaboration best practices
Supply Chain Integration
Practical tips on how to lay the foundation for meaningful clinical integration with supply chain.
Value Analysis
A robust, meaningful model for a modern value analysis program.
Standardizing requests from providers to suppliers to support evidence and value-based decisions.
Learn more about this new model for value analysis created by SMI in partnership with the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals.
Diversity and Inclusion
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Information leaders can use to build more diverse and inclusive teams
Healthcare Supply Chain Priorities
Priorities needed to create a more advanced and resilient health system supply chain for 2030.
Supply Chain Leader of the Future
A vision into the healthcare supply chain leader of the future that can serve as a guide for career development.
Webinar outlining the leadership skills needed for the future.
Learn about key qualities required for a future leader
ACO’s
Learn how to get your supply chain ready for healthcare reform.
How accountable care organizations evolved
Areas of critical impact and new capabilities needed to meet the demands of Accountable Care
Set the internal benchmark on your supply chain organization's readiness for the new models of integrated care.
Servicing the Continuum of Care
Understand the needs of the non-acute care market's supply logistics including cost management and clinical integration
A story of ambulatory distribution practices and program.
An overview of a homecare and hospice program.
Insights on servicing affiliate locations.
An alternate site distribution program.
A unique, Centralized & Streamlined Ambulatory Care Supply Chain Program
Resilience & Transparency
How to measure and improve the resilience of your supply chain (supplier or provider)
Score your organization on current resilience to drive planning for improvement
Demand Planning
The key building blocks of effective demand planning how to get started
How to align with trading partners to improve and automate demand signaling
COVID-19
Key priorities for our industry as we move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
What have we learned from the pandemic and how can it make our supply chain stronger?
A primer on the key supply chain lessons from the pandemic
Healthcare Supply Chain Uniqueness
A discussion that highlights the key, unique qualities of the healthcare supply chain
Transactional Efficiency
What does an order look like when it’s executed fully electronically?
A test of the Perfect Order Methodology
Helps users implement the PDI Index & Scorecard (Windows only file)
Learn how to use the SMI Perfect Department Index to improve the efficiency of the supply chain
Measure your supply chain department against standards for excellence
Optimize your supply chain with your trading partners
Technology
Explore gaps in your technology platform.
UDI Data Standards
Learn about the value of the UDI when applied to surgery.
Vendor Managed Inventory
Explore the value of Vendor Managed Inventory
Collaboration
Creating best practices for supplier/provider collaborations
Provides best practices and critical success factors needed for healthcare supply chain collaborations
Ochsner Health System and CareFusion Case Study
Intermountain Healthcare and Covidien Case Study
Orlando Health and MedSpeed
Virtual Relationship Management
A playbook of recommendations on conducting productive and transparent virtual business relationships that replicate the high touch nature of in-person meetings and facilitate the introduction of new provider and supplier relationships.
SMI/SNS Workgroup
SMI presents a conversation with Steve Adams from the Strategic National Stockpile to present an overview of their program
SMI serves as a conduit to support broad education on SNS to the healthcare marketplace.
Trading Partner Collaboration
Trading partner collaboration, 5 years of learning
Trading partner collaboration best practices
This guideline is designed to support, not replace, written policies and the redesign of access and credentialing programs
Value Alignment
Recommendations for supply chain business reviews by trading partners
Encourage the development of supply chain alliances in healthcare
Creating a provider value profile
Creating a supplier value profile