Worth
Repeating 
"Industry
material managers have a far different role [compared with those in
healthcare]. If you're building a Honda, you don't have a bunch of physicians
telling you what kind of headlight to put on it."
Patrick
E. Carroll, material management consultant.
"A
lot of people have said they can't buy safety devices because of GPO
contracts, but that is no defense."
Melody
Sands, director of the Office of Health Compliance Assistance at the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
"Quality
doesn't cost. It pays Ð it pays in the long run."
Stephen
Kovach, consultant and former CS Manager, Botsford General Hospital,
Farmington Hills, MI, stressing good practices during a session he led
at the 2000 conference of the International Association of Healthcare
Central Service Materiel Management.
"Beware
the high cost at low prices."
Sign
over the desk of Vince DeLuga, director of material management at Condell
Medical Center, Libertyville, IL.
"What
is e-commerce if nothing other than the telephone on steroids?"
Jeff
Kleck, co-founder and senior vice president of E-commerce company Neoforma.com.
"[Material
management] is kind of like grabbing at swirling $5 bills in a glass
booth and dropping those to find $20 bills, then dropping those to get
$100 bills."
Mark
Overton, director of material management, Cook Children's Medical Center,
Fort Worth, TX, on what is the most satisfying part of his job.
HPN
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