Author:

Dr. Taher Hassan

Abstract:

The full potential of logistics is often unknown, and senior managers sometimes do not recognize their importance despite the great ability to contribute to the access of the efficient operation of hospitals. In spite of efforts over several decades to reduce expenses, it appeared very few efforts to improve procurement management process as a solution to many of the health problems of the sector, so as to organize and control internal and external flows and find the most suitable for the implementation of the method according to the restrictions and requirements of the supply chain of hospitals, which consists of a set of activities that allow the information, material and financial flows in order to reduce management costs from top to bottom of the supply chain within the time limits and high quality. In this study, we offer an analysis of the evolution of the determinants and fields of logistics interventions in their relationship to a strategic level to cut supply chain costs in hospitals. Therefore, we extended the review of the literature on this topic to analyze data collected from hospitals. Then we offered the evolution of these determinants and fields to lower costs in the study of the relationship between hospitals compared to public and private sectors of Syria. The results show the weakness of hospitals interesting to invest in logistical aspects available, and a strong correlation between the hospital logistical interventions fields, and it is possible to increase the contribution of logistics to reduce costs. We have developed a number of recommendations that can guide hospital managers who are trying to get a similar improvement in their organizations, such as work on the training of the technical teams in charge of the hospital
business logistics for optimal utilization of tools applied (hospital information system,
outsourcing, supply organization, the development of future trends for logistics).

Keywords

healthcare logistics, Supply Management, Cut costs