Hospitals find Rx for supply chain pain

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LOOKING FOR THE NEXT INDUSTRY To benchmark your supply chain against?Well it might just be your local hospital.According to hospital materials management specialist Benchmarking Excellence,hospitals are seeking new ways to reduce costs and the materials management function is getting more attention now than ever.Lynn Everard,founder of the firm,says removing costs from this area is difficult because the real costs of providing materials services within the hospital are rarely measured.