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  • April 3, 2020
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  • Harvard Business Review (website)

How Hospitals Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages as Demand Surges

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun and Thomas C. Tsai
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Abstract

The best practices in supply chain and operations management can help health care providers cope with the surge in patients and the supply shortages. They will help them create a comprehensive strategy aimed at both the demand- and supply-side roots of the problem. The purpose of this article is to assist health care leaders and their organizations in anticipating and preempting problems rather than continuing to react to them.

Keywords

Hospitals; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Management; Strategy

Citation

Bohmer, Richard M.J., Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun, and Thomas C. Tsai. "How Hospitals Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages as Demand Surges." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 3, 2020).
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Gary P. Pisano

Technology and Operations Management
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Raffaella Sadun

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