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    Lean Operations Start Here: Waste Is Killing Your Bottom Line. Do you know how much $$$?

    By Brendan SweeneyAugust 5, 20253 min read
    Return on investment calculator for summing up waste and savings from running lean operations

    In the pursuit of lean operations, most medtech teams overlook one critical step: measuring the cost of their current inefficiencies.

    You might feel like you’re doing “well enough,” but the truth is:

    • Every billing error that delays payment
    • Every surgical set that goes missing
    • Every rep who drives across town to deliver what should’ve already been there
    • Every pricing mistake, every missing PO, every duplicate case…

    All of these are signals—pain points hiding in plain sight.

    You feel it in the daily friction.You see it in backlogs and burnout.But without visibility into the true financial impact, it’s impossible to know just how far you are from running lean operations

    That’s why Beacon built an ROI Calculator designed to shine a light on the gap between your current state and a leaner future.We’ve spent decades working inside healthcare, medical device supply chains, logistics, and business strategy. We’ve seen the bottlenecks. We’ve cleaned up the mess.

    Now, we’re giving you the tools to do the same—starting with the numbers.

    Lean Operations Demand Visibility

    Every business has inefficiencies. But in the high-stakes, low-margin world of medtech, even small friction points snowball into massive waste.

    If you want to run lean, you need to understand exactly where the bloat is hiding.

    Common sources of operational waste we see daily:

    • 🔁 Duplicate surgical cases from lost paperwork or bad data
    • ⌨️ Manual data entry burning through labor hours
    • 💸 Mis-priced bills from disconnected systems or old price lists
    • 📦 Unlinked POs and shipment delays that lead to lost revenue
    • Expired or misplaced inventory that never reaches a patient
    • 🚗 Field reps playing delivery drivers instead of selling
    • 🔄 Over-ordering because no one trusts the system

    Individually, these may seem manageable.Together, they create millions in missed revenue, wasted effort, and stalled growth.

    And they all stand in the way of building lean operations that scale.

    Why the ROI Calculator Is Your First Step Toward Lean Operations

    Most medtech leaders know their operation has room for improvement.But change is hard to justify when you don’t have the numbers.

    That’s exactly why we created the Beacon ROI Calculator.

    It’s a simple but powerful tool that models the financial impact of inefficiencies—and the value of fixing them—based on inputs from your own operation:

    • 📊 Case volumes
    • 📦 Inventory size and restock frequency
    • 🛠️ Data entry time
    • 🚚 Logistics and shipping costs
    • 💰 Average device costs
    • 🧾 Billing and reimbursement errors

    In just minutes, the tool delivers a personalized ROI dashboard that shows:

    • Time saved
    • Shipping/logistics costs reduced
    • Inventory value recovered
    • Billing accuracy improved
    • ROI forecast over 1, 2, and 3 years

    No consultants. No overcomplication. Just real insights you can act on.

    Lean Operations Don’t Require a Massive Overhaul

    You don’t have to rebuild your operation from the ground up.Even small directional shifts can lead to exponential returns.

    Imagine what becomes possible when:

    • Your reps stop re-entering case data
    • Your ops team trusts the inventory data they see
    • Your billing team gets it right the first time
    • Your warehouse finally orders based on reality—not assumptions

    Beacon connects your people, processes, and data.It’s the operational backbone for organizations that want to run lean—without losing control.

    Stop Guessing. Start Getting Lean.

    You can’t improve what you won’t measure.

    Our ROI Calculator gives you the visibility you need to finally break free from operational guesswork and start building the lean operations your team deserves.

    ✅ Clear metrics✅ Actionable insights✅ Tangible financial impact

    The pain you feel in your operations isn’t just frustrating—it’s expensive.

    Let Beacon show you what it’s truly costing you—and how quickly you can reclaim it.

    👉 Run the ROI Calculator Now

    About Beacon

    Beacon is a connected operations platform built for the complex world of medical device logistics, billing, and field inventory. With real-time visibility, case tracking, billing support, and audit tools, Beacon empowers medtech teams to operate with clarity, confidence, and control.

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    Brendan Sweeney

    ConnectSx Team

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