Supply chains: healthcare - for iPad/Mac/PC

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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 alb…

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    An unusual market sector

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2010 3:54


    An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service.

    Transcript -- An unusual market sector

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    Transcript -- An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service.

    A product or a service?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2010 11:14


    B. Braun must provide a diverse range of services, from customised colostomy bags to time-critical operating theatre kits.

    The steriliser's tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2010 12:21


    How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary.

    Transcript -- The steriliser's tale

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    Transcript -- How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary.

    The procurer's tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2010 24:15


    A well-organised supply chain is fundamental to getting the correct hip implant into the right hands at the right time.

    Transcript -- The procurer's tale

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    Transcript -- A well-organised supply chain is fundamental to getting the correct hip implant into the right hands at the right time.

    The tonsillectomy tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2010 9:10


    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.

    Transcript -- The tonsillectomy tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2010


    Transcript -- 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.

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