Demand amplification - Bullwhip effect — Transcript
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- 0:04your supply chain has many steps
- 0:06disrupting any one of them can lead to
- 0:09critical shortages for costly overstock
- 0:11either of which can impact patient care
- 0:14one kind of disruption is called demand
- 0:17amplification or the bullwhip effect
- 0:19this happens when end-users such as
- 0:22hospitals reacting to changes in demand
- 0:24over or under order supplies in response
- 0:28distributors and manufacturers change
- 0:30their orders the difference between
- 0:32projected and actual needs grows larger
- 0:35with every step resulting in too much or
- 0:38too little inventory for everyone in
- 0:40theory managing your supply chain should
- 0:42be relatively simple order 100 use 100
- 0:46reorder a control and predictable
- 0:48paddock of course it's never that easy
- 0:51first the product may not be delivered
- 0:54in the amount you need you need 17 per
- 0:56week but it comes in lots of 20 so some
- 0:59weeks you order one lot some weeks to
- 1:01some weeks none also predicting demand
- 1:05can be difficult due to such things as
- 1:07seasonal illnesses or an increase in
- 1:09optional procedures once patients meet
- 1:11their deductibles later in the year in
- 1:13general demand varies for four reasons
- 1:16first increases in your Hospital census
- 1:19effect demand then there is clinical
- 1:21practice each health professional works
- 1:24a little differently uses different
- 1:26products seasonality your needs change
- 1:28during flu and allergy seasons finally
- 1:31demographic changes such as college
- 1:34students heading south during spring
- 1:35break and older adults following the
- 1:37seasons impact demand hospital census
- 1:40clinical practice seasonality and
- 1:43demographics each caused a man to change
- 1:46affecting your supply chain now consider
- 1:49that each is always changing creating
- 1:51complexity and often dramatic
- 1:53fluctuations in demand let's look at a
- 1:56hypothetical example of how it works
- 1:58phoo season is predicted to be worse
- 2:00than expected demand rises for
- 2:02respiratory products and patient use
- 2:04increases from four cases to wait since
- 2:07you expect an even stronger flu season
- 2:09you order 16 cases more than needed so
- 2:12you don't run out your distributor sees
- 2:14your order for 16 cases so they react
- 2:16and order 32 cases from the manufacturer
- 2:19excess ordering extends and is amplified
- 2:22throughout the supply chain each step in
- 2:24the supply chain over reacts to ensure
- 2:27that they have adequate inventory to
- 2:29meet the demands of their customers now
- 2:31consider that other hospitals are also
- 2:33over ordering what's more there's not an
- 2:36endless supply of product hospitals can
- 2:39order so much that suppliers simply
- 2:41can't keep up and supplies run up that's
- 2:44demand amplification and the results can
- 2:47be costly inadequate inventory means you
- 2:50don't have supplies when you need them
- 2:52excess ordering means you have inventory
- 2:54you don't need and that may become short
- 2:56dated and expired
- 2:58you're also tying up financial resources
- 3:00paying for and storing all that
- 3:02inventory that was just one example
- 3:05think of the thousands of items in your
- 3:07supply chain and how demand variation
- 3:10affects them these variations may seem
- 3:13unpredictable but with the right data
- 3:15and analytics you can see and predict
- 3:17patterns and trends in your using we
- 3:20can't eliminate changes in demand but
- 3:22understanding them allows you to react
- 3:24appropriately and help control demand
- 3:26amplification and controlling that helps
- 3:30control costs a must for every hospital
- 3:32cost such as storing and transporting
- 3:34excess inventory costs of wasted
- 3:37resources if out-of-date supplies must
- 3:40be discarded and staff costs because
- 3:42less time counting inventory means more
- 3:45nursing time at bed sites considering
- 3:47the potential savings you have to look
- 3:50at your supply chain and ask do we have
- 3:52visibility to data that allows us to see
- 3:55patterns or trends
- 3:56are we overreacting to one-time
- 3:58variations because we like visibility to
- 4:01key data at Cardinal Health we want to
- 4:04partner with you to simplify inventory
- 4:06management to help you better understand
- 4:08demand patterns to gain visibility to
- 4:11data that helps you more accurately
- 4:13assess true variations cardinal health
- 4:16inventory management solutions can
- 4:18provide you with the right inventory
- 4:19management tool and the data analytics
- 4:22software to allow you to see predictable
- 4:24trends for both lower cost consumable
- 4:27products and high cost physician
- 4:29preference items let us show you how you
- 4:31can more effectively manage your supply
- 4:33chain
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