Centralized Resources, Sustained Performance

The vision of consolidation, visibility, and efficiency, along with sustainable process management, was realized through the dedicated Procurement Solutions team. “Our outsourced team not only brings oversight to corporate supply chain processes, but also continuous cost reduction and ongoing improvements,” says Pyle. “Today, we have enterprise-wide reporting, an approved, centralized formulary with easy ways for centers to manage requisitioning, and importantly, a team committed to supply chain advancement. Our processes are so well-established that follow-up and redirection is easy. New centers can be quickly on-boarded with no lag time, and they’re immediately included in enterprise-wide reporting with visibility to spend and key performance metrics throughout Solis.”

Procurement Solutions team best practices support:

• Order management services to ensure supply availability, product and price substitutions, ongoing formulary management
• Envi oversight for continuous supply ordering and back-order management
• Enterprise-wide requisitioning and receiving processes
• Automated AP processes for 3-way price matching
• Vendor performance and management

“The outsourced procurement team continually collaborates to identify new solutions, then communicates and implements them throughout the organization,” says Pyle. “For example, during COVID-19, as we faced severe product shortages, our team shifted to get supplies to centers that needed them – creating new supply locations, identifying new product alternatives, locating new vendors, and negotiating the best available pricing for essential supplies. In making ongoing improvements, we’ve recognized the importance of change management. It’s vitally important we communicate effectively with our centers and keep them up-to-date, in turn helping keep our organization aligned.”

Supply Chain Results Spark organizational success

Pyle’s vision for broadscale transformation achieved success factors beyond cost savings. Solis recognizes significant savings and new value measurements, for example during the first year of the partnership, Provista implemented savings toSolis of 28% in evaluated areas. In addition, during the course of the partnership, Provista has tracked more than $110,000 in additional financial value through rebate dollars, cost avoidance, and improved terms and conditions.

Solis continues to measure significant savings in a variety of areas:

• Narrowing distributed med-surg item master by 36%
• Reducing number of days for receiving and invoice payment
• Increasing visibility to expenses at organization and facility level
• Driving end-to-end process automation, enabling on-going labor savings
• Creating access to best-in-class price points through an aggregation network and management of local contracts and prices
• Achieving long term value with an outsourced procurement expert team

Partnership at its Best

As Solis continues to achieve new levels of savings and performance, Pyle acknowledges the ongoing relationship with Provista supports achievement of corporate goals, related to supply chain and beyond. “We’re thrilled with the savings, improvements and overall results of our supply chain transformation. What’s equally important is that we’ve standardized our patient experience throughout our nationwide centers. We’re committed to delivering exceptional quality and outcomes to our patients,” he explains. “Partnering with Provista has helped Solis maximize our internal resources, so we can deliver consistently positive experiences and the highest quality patient care.”