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Finance is uniquely positioned to impact operational silos and curb inefficiency
Supply Chain Aug 4, 2025

Building Operational Capacity 1st: How CFOs Can Break Silos in Medtech

Building Operational Capacity can be a CFOs strategic directive. They are uniquely positioned to see the waste and hidden costs in the businesses. Breaking silos is a critical way that finance can support the operational capacity of the business.

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If your medical device inventory data is not managed intentionally, you may end up with a proliferation of product numbers, making long term efficiency and accuracy extremely difficult. An inventory management process is critical to your success.
Supply Chain Jul 28, 2025

SKU Explosion: 1 Secret Killer of Medical Device Data and Inventory Efficiency

Discover how SKU Explosion undermines medical device data, inventory management, and reimbursement. Learn strategies to clean catalogs and protect revenue.

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Medical Device Sales Rep: The 5 Most Annoying Parts of the Job—And How to Eliminate Them
Supply Chain May 7, 2025

Medical Device Sales Rep: The 5 Most Annoying Parts of the Job—And How to Eliminate Them

Discover how to overcome the top challenges as a medical device sales rep—from inventory chaos to case scheduling—with smart tools and proven strategies.

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Unique Device Identifier (UDI): More Than a Compliance Thing — It’s a Great Sales & Service Superpower
Supply Chain Apr 27, 2025

Unique Device Identifier (UDI): More Than a Compliance Thing — It’s a Great Sales & Service Superpower

Discover how mastering the unique device identifier (UDI) empowers medical device reps and healthcare providers to improve traceability, compliance, and patient safety.

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Medical Inventory Shouldn’t Feel Like a Mystery – Here’s How to Solve It
Supply Chain Apr 4, 2025

Medical Inventory Shouldn’t Feel Like a Mystery – Here’s How to Solve It

Struggling with lost products, billing delays, and poor visibility? Learn how smarter medical inventory management helps device companies cut waste, improve compliance, and support field teams more effectively.

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Improve Sales Ops so Your Reps will Want to Sell Your Product and Drive New Growth
Operations Mar 27, 2025

Improve Sales Ops so Your Reps will Want to Sell Your Product and Drive New Growth

If you want your reps to sell more medical devices, then you need to make their lives easier, improve sales ops. Help them manage inventory and cases, give them the right tools, make them love you.

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Find tools that make doing the job easier, not harder. A centralized system can save time and provide exponential value.
Operations Mar 7, 2025

You Need 1 Centralized System: What to do if you have too many tools and hate using them.

You know it, I know it, the companies that make your tools know it. The only solution is to consolidate into one centralized system. Cut the fluff; just the best tools stay, right? Well unfortunately for most people selling medical devices, there are tools that you don’t have the luxury of ditching. So how can you consolidate?

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Dollar Bill Lettering "TRUST" Signifying strategies to choose a medical inventory software you can trust
Medical Device Feb 24, 2025

Choosing a Medical Inventory Software Partner You Can Trust: 3 Critical Common Sense Strategies

With these 3 easy common sense approaches, cut through the sales jargon and choose medical inventory software partners you can trust.

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a surgical team of doctors, administrators, distributors, nurses, and sales reps all spending quality time together in the OR for Thanksgiving
Operations Nov 27, 2024

Spend some QUALITY time together this Thanksgiving

The quality department in a medical device company plays a critical role in ensuring products meet regulatory requirements, safety standards, and customer expectations. This often means managing some uncomfortable situations, such as product issues or failures. While sales and distributors are not typically interacting directly with the quality department, that doesn’t mean that they do not impact each other. So we decided to talk to some Quality managers to get an idea of how the field team might make their lives easier.

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Medical device shipments are previous and must be proactively managed to ensure they get to their destination safely and in time for the surgery.
Supply Chain Nov 21, 2024

1 Big Inventory Control Risk: Medical Device Shipments to the Field

Medical device shipments require extra management and communication to make sure they get where they are going. The stakes are high, because medical devices require special care and must arrive on time in order for the surgery to proceed. Medical device manufacturers must think about how to improve their inventory control operations and supply chains to manage shipments through to their destinations.

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Linkages: Connecting operational improvement to business value
Supply Chain Nov 12, 2024

Linkages: Connecting operational improvement to business value

Discover how mapping connections across your value chain reveals hidden risks and opportunities for operational improvement. Learn why investing in better processes, practices, and tools drives efficiency, boosts compliance, and strengthens long-term business growth.

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