hospital supply
chain executive

managing food costs

Executive role

SNAPSHOT

RESPONSIBILITIES

Oversee financial
performance of operations

Advance mission of health
organization

PAIN POINTS SOLVED

Reduce operational costs

Manage entire hospital
supply chain

COMPUTRITION HELPS YOU

Incorporate data in the
decision-making process

Standardize foodservice
workflows

RESPONSIBILITIES

Oversee financial
performance of operations

Advance mission of health
organization

PAIN POINTS SOLVED

Reduce operational costs

Manage entire hospital
supply chain

COMPUTRITION
HELPS YOU

Incorporate data in the
decision-making process

Standardize foodservice
workflows

Hospital supply chain executives oversee the myriad of moving parts in a facility or health system. From recruitment and modernization to management and revenue generation, these high-level staff are responsible for establishing a strong foundation to propel their organization and patient population forward.

Issues Lead to Innovation

As new realities like consolidation reshape the industry, hospitals must stay competitive within a shifting landscape. To do so, healthcare executives must innovate existing processes to ensure their organizations remain profitable. The C-suite can look no further than the hospital supply chain. It encompasses the resources and supplies needed to provide hospital-wide services and is often fragmented and inefficient due to the multitude of vendors required to cover all departments’ needs.

Illuminating a Black Hole

Within the hospital supply chain, food service is typically considered a black hole due to a longstanding history of manual processes that make aggregating data nearly impossible. Yet, lacking transparency of an organization’s food service operation can cause executives not only to miss a significant cost savings opportunity but also to overlook critical areas of improvement. Both of which increase efficiency, reduce unnecessary spend, and generate revenue – high priorities for all health organizations.

Things like expensive cost per recipes, non-standardized meal production procedures, lost trays, and poor forecasting can drain precious resources within an already limited budget. If a process for managing food costs is not established, the eventual impact will not only result in increased pressure on staff but also lead to an inability to provide value-based care.

“We have gone from where there were very little metrics on food nutritional services, to now every COO gets a report every single month. We have MOR (Monthly Operating Reviews) with every COO and Dietary Director [and] a roll-up report that goes up to our divisional CFO every month. I mean it's truly been an organizational transformation on dietary that just didn't exist before.”

HCA TriStar Division

Measurement = Improvement

Computrition’s complete food service solution allows executives to establish proper data management. Thereby capturing metrics in all areas of the hospital supply chain and transforming an untracked and inefficient operation into a business asset capable of expanding revenue.

From production to clinical nutrition to retail, C-level individuals have a global view of their food service department to ensure accurate analysis. In doing so, they can develop strategies for improving processes and reducing food costs without affecting the quality of service given to patients.

DATA-dRIVEN DECISIONS

By using a solution that prioritizes hospital foodservice data management,
organizations can:

By using a solution that prioritizes hospital foodservice data management, organizations can:

see it in action!

Computrition's comprehensive software solutions gives hospital supply chain executives the ability to capture critical data that can impact their health organizations in the following areas: