Ithaca has, from its creation, been committed to the conduct of independent, leading edge strategic and operations research. As a result of broad distribution and uptake of the products of this research, Ithaca have been invited to present on their findings to conferences in Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia. On this page you can find a synopsis of our major papers – and presentations – with links enabling you to access the full material. Practice – Dysfunctional, Prognosis – Hopeful: New
Thinking About Holistic Business Practice in the Health Supply ChainOur ground-breaking strategic analysis of why many operational and systems improvements targeted at the health sector don’t really work – concluding with a range of suggestions on how to achieve successful, sustainable change. Since releasing this, Ithaca has successfully introduced these BEYOND Lean changes into many hospital environments – in Australia and Europe. Comparative Study: Point-of-Use Vs. Legacy System Supply Chain Ithaca completed this study on behalf of Sentient Health in Japan and Australia in 2005. Placing each system implementation in the context of their particular health service environment, Ithaca found that very significant opportunity exists to introduce point-of-use systems into hospital supply chains. |
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Supply Chain Waste – Case Study of Six Hospitals
A very early application of the now called Lean philosophy. Ithaca took a holistic approach to the elimination of waste alongside major cultural and process change in six different environments.
Enterprise Systems for Hospitals 2003
Identifying the flaws in trying to use enterprise applications to manage operational elements of a hospital’s activities. Points out areas where different – best-of-breed pathways might be more appropriate.
BEYOND Lean Sigma – Healthcare Options
Our newest piece of research is currently underway – we will be interviewing representatives from across the health sector as part of the research phase. Release is expected in early 2009.
American Healthcare Resource & Materials Management Conference
Ithaca was invited to deliver a refereed paper to the Anaheim Conference of AHRMM. The subject addressed was Making the Most of Your Supply Chain Technology Investment…
The paper focused on firstly selecting the right software to support already optimised processes – going on to discuss best practice implementation methodologies. The idea for the paper was generated by our observation of how many hospitals get this wrong! |
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European Healthcare Management Association
Invited to present to the Barcelona Annual Conference, Ithaca presented on the Business Imperatives that must be addressed by support services in tertiary hospitals.
Hospitalog Asia
Ithaca has presented at two Hospitalog Conferences – in Singapore and Bangkok. We have addressed various topics:
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Case Study of our leading edge full automation of the Goulburn Valley Health Supply Chain |
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Launching Health Supply Chain Action |
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Case Study of our Alfred Process Optimisation |
GS1 Healthcare User Group
Invited to Princeton to present on core operational elements of product identification and streamlined product (consumables, devices, pharmaceuticals) flow, tracked to patient.
Pharmatech Supply Chain Seminar
Ran workshops at this Sydney conference.
Australian College of Health Service Executives
Supply Chain World
Health Industry Bar Code Council
RMIT University
Ithaca has worked with RMIT University since 2002. We have written and delivered entire post-graduate courses on e-Business, Strategy, Integrated Logistics, Supply Chain Operations, Supply Chain Strategy. |
