Supply chains: healthcare - for iPad/Mac/PC
Supply chains: healthcare - for iPad/Mac/PC
The Open University
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.
Supply chains: healthcare
A short introduction to this album.
Jan 11, 2010
59 sec
An unusual market sector
An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service.
Jan 11, 2010
3 min
Transcript -- An unusual market sector
An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service.
Jan 11, 2010
A product or a service?
B. Braun must provide a diverse range of services, from customised colostomy bags to time-critical operating theatre kits.
Jan 11, 2010
11 min
The steriliser's tale
How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary.
Jan 11, 2010
12 min
Transcript -- The steriliser's tale
How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary.
Jan 11, 2010
The procurer's tale
A well-organised supply chain is fundamental to getting the correct hip implant into the right hands at the right time.
Jan 11, 2010
24 min
Transcript -- The procurer's tale
A well-organised supply chain is fundamental to getting the correct hip implant into the right hands at the right time.
Jan 11, 2010
The tonsillectomy tale
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.
Jan 11, 2010
9 min
Transcript -- The tonsillectomy tale
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.
Jan 11, 2010