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Healthcare Cost Reduction: What Can Group Purchasing Organizations Learn From BPOs? (Part 1)

Healthcare Cost Reduction: What Can Group Purchasing Organizations Learn From BPOs? (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on March 23, 2010

Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are extremely well engrained in the healthcare supply chain. GPOs are intermediaries that sit between hospitals and other buyers and suppliers, typically taking a percentage of the value of each transaction (whic…

Posted in Business | Tagged BPO, business process outsourcing, GPO, group health care, Health care, prucurement, supply chain | 1 Response

One Vote in Favor of Group Purchasing Organizations for Simple Categories

One Vote in Favor of Group Purchasing Organizations for Simple Categories

By Jason Busch on December 8, 2009

In the debate over group purchasing organizations (GPOs), I’m still
not entirely convinced that they represent a good investment outside
of a handful of select spend areas — at least for most companies.
After all, the payoff for doing sourc…

Posted in Business | Tagged BPO, Category Management, GE, GPO, Group purchasing organization, MRO, Outsourcing, procurement, rfp, Sourcing

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