Supply chains: healthcare - for iPad/Mac/PC

Supply chains: healthcare - for iPad/Mac/PC

From surgical tools to obstetric instruments, personalised colostomy bags to hip implants, the UK's National Health Service requires an astonishing number of products to be manufactured, delivered and routinely managed. What happens behind the scenes to ensure the systems function smoothly? This album focuses on the different roles of B.Braun, a large supplier of medical equipment which also provides customised services for patients. In this time-critical setting, their supply chain processes must be organised with scrupulous efficiency. This material forms part of The Open University course T882 Supply chain innovation, strategy and management.

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January 11, 2010 59 secs
A short introduction to this album.
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B. Braun must provide a diverse range of services, from customised colostomy bags to time-critical operating theatre kits.
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January 11, 2010 12 mins
How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary.
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January 11, 2010 24 mins
A well-organised supply chain is fundamental to getting the correct hip implant into the right hands at the right time.
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January 11, 2010 3 mins
An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service.
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Transcript -- An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service.
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Transcript -- How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary.
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Transcript -- A well-organised supply chain is fundamental to getting the correct hip implant into the right hands at the right time.
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January 11, 2010 9 mins
How in 2001 B. Braun's supply chain had to respond to a crisis which led to highly engineered metal instruments being replaced by disposable plastics.
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Transcript -- How in 2001 B. Braun's supply chain had to respond to a crisis which led to highly engineered metal instruments being replaced by disposable plastics.
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