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The Travels: An open letter to President Obama
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. An open letter to President Obama. An open letter to President Obama, Congress, Secretary Sebelius and my fellow citizens:. Hospitals, desperately needing the patient volume to survive, are unable to curb this behavior on their own. They are stuck in this cycle as sure as any addict is stuck in a cycle. Require a...
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The Travels: Are your suppliers doing you favors?
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Sunday, March 02, 2008. Are your suppliers doing you favors? Are your suppliers doing you favors? Often suppliers tell their customers what a big favor they are doing for them by holding a price even though a contract expired while they were negotiating a renewal. Nice guys, huh? Supporting this position follow:. 1) A contract for sale.
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The Travels: Economic Boom, Boom, Boom
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Wednesday, January 03, 2007. Economic Boom, Boom, Boom. Milton Friedman is no doubt smiling from on high (and yes, if there is a heaven, Milton is there) saying “I told you so.”. All of this may change. Recently China announced. China with its own stock of energy would be a competitor extraordinaire. A bigger Wow! Nikita Krushev said R...
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The Travels: Resources and Power
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. 8211; are we giving it away? A year ago most folks in the medical supply chain business had never heard of the Chalk River. Hint: it’s starts with a Z). How did China even get a chance to run this mine? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Strategic Supply Chain Management 5 inc. Harrisburg, PA 17206-2217. 8220;Be...
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The Travels: Certification – Why and Which One?
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Monday, February 04, 2008. Certification – Why and Which One? The website for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Lists 12 professional supply chain organizations with a credentialing program. It does not include AHRMM. You can see if a person actually has the certification they claim to have. Why is this important?
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The Travels: Deliverables
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Being polite on the telephone I just said something like, “Sure, we’ll have to see what we can do.” All along thinking, “That will be the day”. Then they dropped their trap line. They asked if we would send them a sample of our deliverable, meaning a report. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). You may not like...
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The Travels: Autumn Leaves
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Monday, October 22, 2007. Every once in a while I'm really happy that I live in the Northeast, that I get to experience the 4 seasons and that many of my clients are within driving distance of my home. Today was one of those days. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Strategic Supply Chain Management 5 inc. Harrisburg, PA 17206-2217. There...
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The Travels: Greetings from Charlotte
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Saturday, May 02, 2009. The 94th annual International Supply Management Conference officially kicks off tomorrow, Sunday, May 3 at 9:00 am Some of us have already been here for over 2 days. Why? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Strategic Supply Chain Management 5 inc. Harrisburg, PA 17206-2217. Webpage http:/ www.sscm5.com/. You may no...
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The Travels: Donate those old laptops. Our soldiers need them.
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Monday, March 26, 2007. Donate those old laptops. Our soldiers need them. Do you or your organization have old laptops that you no longer use, or will be replacing soon? Here is the chance of a lifetime: donate them to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for injured soldiers to access the internet. Or visit her organization at her website.
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The Travels: 2007 Institute for Supply Management International Conference
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The musings of Stephen Tambolas MPM, CPSM, C.pm: one of the 5 people in North America who finds healthcare supply chain to be fascinating and great dinner conversation. Wednesday, May 16, 2007. 2007 Institute for Supply Management International Conference. Having just got back from Las Vegas and the 2007 conference my head is spinning. Overwhelming – there is simply no other word for it. 2100 of some of the world’s best supply chain management practitioners in one place – whew! Harrisburg, PA 17206-2217.