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Developing an effective healthcare logistics strategy
Medical product availability depends on a rigorous logistics chain. Connect demand forecasting, procurement, storage and distribution to coordinate operations more effectively. Strengthen your ability to identify shortage risks and organise monitoring in support of healthcare facilities.
- Duration
- 2 days 14 hours
- Code
- LOGSANTE04FR Code
Presentation
In healthcare, an effective logistics strategy is essential to ensure the availability of medical products and continuity of care. Such a strategy involves collaborative working, rigorous planning, appropriate technologies and proactive risk management. This ensures a rapid and effective response throughout the supply chain.
This 2-day course provides a comprehensive approach to developing logistics management skills specific to healthcare. Lessons focus on strategic planning, operational management and continuous improvement of logistics processes.
The programme also raises awareness of the sector's specific challenges and helps you understand operational constraints on the ground. Practical exercises and experience-sharing sessions support this approach.
Objectives
Learning objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals and importance of healthcare logistics.
- Identify and overcome logistics challenges specific to healthcare.
- Develop a logistics strategy aligned with available resources, context and needs.
- Integrate appropriate processes and tools for procurement and inventory management.
- Plan effective transport and distribution methods for the context.
- Continuously improve logistics processes.
Program
Understanding healthcare logistics fundamentals
- The importance of logistics in healthcare.
- Basic logistics principles for medical products and healthcare services.
- Identifying healthcare logistics challenges: product availability on the market, regulations, storage and expiry dates, replenishment and other issues.
Developing a healthcare logistics strategy
- Developing a logistics strategy aligned with your organisation's objectives and needs.
- Identifying the resources needed to implement this logistics strategy.
- Integrating the logistics strategy into your organisation's overall operational planning.
Managing procurement and inventory
- Optimising procurement processes to ensure medical product availability.
- Implementing effective inventory management systems to prevent shortages and surpluses.
- Integrating inventory management techniques suited to medical products and healthcare services.
Managing distribution and organising transport
- Planning vehicle fleet management methods to ensure efficient distribution and delivery processes.
- Anticipating logistical challenges associated with deliveries to remote or hard-to-reach areas.
- Selecting delivery tracking technologies to ensure medical product safety and traceability.
Evaluating the performance of your logistics strategy
- Implementing monitoring and evaluation tools to assess healthcare logistics effectiveness.
- Continuously improving logistics processes to meet the healthcare sector's changing needs.
Practical exercises
- Develop a strategy and manage the logistics chain according to your environment and its specific characteristics.
- Share experience and best practices.
Audience
This course is intended for:
- healthcare logistics professionals, including managers, project managers and department heads, seeking to understand the practical realities of medical logistics.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisite applies:
- professional experience in healthcare and knowledge of supply chains.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Practical exercises
Course highlights
Dates and sessions
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