Supply Chain Optimization Support
With a true partnership approach, our support goes beyond advisory. We work alongside you from strategy to execution, embedding sustainable structures for ongoing supply chain success.
Why Utilize Premier’s Supply Chain Optimization Services?
Experts Who Understand Your Challenges
Our team consists of experienced healthcare leaders, supply chain specialists and clinicians who have worked in hospital leadership, management and frontline roles. We understand the complexities of healthcare operations firsthand, which allows us to provide guidance that is both practical and impactful.
Results That Drive Lasting Change
A strategy is only as good as its execution. We go beyond recommendations - working with you hand-in-hand to implement sustainable, measurable improvements that continue to deliver value long after our engagement ends. Our goal is to deliver more than just insights - we equip you with the tools, processes and structure to maintain progress independently.
A Framework for Strategic Decision-Making
Our approach integrates expense management with clinical and financial priorities, ensuring that every decision considers the total cost of supplies, impact on care quality and financial outcomes. By breaking down operational silos, we help you build a supply chain strategy that is holistic, data-driven and aligned with your organization’s long-term success.
Supply Chain Advisory
Balancing in-house expertise with strategic outsourcing is essential for an efficient, high-performing supply chain. Premier’s supply chain advisory services go beyond traditional consulting — we integrate with your team to provide hands-on support, managing day-to-day operations while conducting a comprehensive review. Our experienced specialists identify opportunities for cost savings, process improvements and greater operational efficiency, delivering practical, immediately actionable recommendations.
Whether you need temporary leadership, workforce support or full-service advisory, we tailor our approach to align with your organization’s goals. Our experts enhance critical areas including purchasing, contracting and sourcing, value analysis, inventory and materials management, warehouse operations, environmental services and supply chain information systems. By embedding proven, replicable processes, we help build sustainable strategies that drive long-term financial and operational success.
Key Areas We Support
Purchasing Operations
Data Cleansing
Contract Management
Value Analysis
Supply Disruption
Inventory & Data Management
Receiving Items
Engineering
Surgical Materials Management
Environmental Services
Cardiac Cath Lab Supply Management
Laundry & Linen
Patient Transport
MIS Optimization & Implementation
Clinical Supply Chain Integration
We take a hands-on approach to clinical-supply chain integration, ensuring that every decision, from planning and forecasting to product utilization, is aligned with clinical and financial goals.
Our experts work directly with healthcare organizations to break down silos, foster collaboration between supply chain and clinical teams, drive robust value analyses and establish a culture of shared responsibility. With Premier’s support, your organization can foster a dynamic, strategic supply chain that delivers value to your organization and the patients you serve.
Value Analysis Backed by Clinical Expertise
Premier delivers a proven value analysis framework that improves quality, reduces operating costs and maximizes reimbursement. Our physician and clinician advisors lead a collaborative process that engages frontline staff in product selection, strategy development and savings validation. With a multidisciplinary, physician-led approach, we ensure clinicians have a direct voice in purchasing decisions — driving better patient outcomes and smarter spending.
Supply Chain Technology Implementation
Leverage our expertise as a GPO-agnostic third party to acquire new systems, enhance existing platforms or modernize your technology infrastructure with confidence. Technology plays a critical role in streamlining hospital operations and driving long-term success. Organizations that take a holistic approach — integrating finance, clinical and materials management information systems — are better equipped to navigate reimbursement challenges while meeting cost reduction and revenue enhancement goals.
Our team ensures seamless technology implementation and optimization, incorporating change management strategies without disrupting daily operations. With deep insight into data challenges across supply chain and clinical environments, we deliver solutions that maximize efficiency and value. Our methodology includes peer benchmarking for supply chain technology and evaluates its downstream impact, ensuring a comprehensive, strategic approach to transformation.
Purchased Services
Premier's Purchased Services experts offer tailored solutions to meet your organization's evolving contract optimization needs. Our team of sourcing experts provide comprehensive support including advisory services, supplier communication management and strategic training to help you negotiate customized contracts that deliver incremental value.
Learn more about Premier’s Purchased Services solutions.
Pharmacy Advisory
Premier’s Pharmacy Advisory provide healthcare leaders with strategic guidance to navigate complex pharmacy challenges. Our proven expertise helps organizations increase revenue, optimize costs, mitigate risk and improve patient outcomes – delivering measurable and sustainable results.
We’re here to help improve operations, compliance, care and the bottom line throughout your organization. We offer:
- A team named Best in KLAS in Overall Healthcare Management Consulting
- Visibility into data for more than 45 percent of U.S. hospital discharges and $37 billion in pharmacy supply chain spend
- On-site assessments, easy-to-use tools and one-on-one coaching to increase speed to value and produce a lasting return on investment
"Premier is an ideal strategic partner in the market for supply chain services, and we believe they are uniquely positioned to manage our operations and employees with the winning combination of market leading, price-competitive contracts, automation technologies and data-driven insights. Together with Premier, we will drive operational excellence across our integrated health system."
Susan Green
Chief Financial Officer, Tufts Medicine
"Premier is an ideal strategic partner in the market for supply chain services, and we believe they are uniquely positioned to manage our operations and employees with the winning combination of market leading, price-competitive contracts, automation technologies and data-driven insights. Together with Premier, we will drive operational excellence across our integrated health system."
Susan Green
Chief Financial Officer, Tufts Medicine
"Premier is an ideal strategic partner in the market for supply chain services, and we believe they are uniquely positioned to manage our operations and employees with the winning combination of market leading, price-competitive contracts, automation technologies and data-driven insights. Together with Premier, we will drive operational excellence across our integrated health system."
Susan Green
Chief Financial Officer, Tufts Medicine
"Premier is an ideal strategic partner in the market for supply chain services, and we believe they are uniquely positioned to manage our operations and employees with the winning combination of market leading, price-competitive contracts, automation technologies and data-driven insights. Together with Premier, we will drive operational excellence across our integrated health system."
Susan Green
Chief Financial Officer, Tufts Medicine
"Premier is an ideal strategic partner in the market for supply chain services, and we believe they are uniquely positioned to manage our operations and employees with the winning combination of market leading, price-competitive contracts, automation technologies and data-driven insights. Together with Premier, we will drive operational excellence across our integrated health system."
Susan Green
Chief Financial Officer, Tufts Medicine
"Premier is an ideal strategic partner in the market for supply chain services, and we believe they are uniquely positioned to manage our operations and employees with the winning combination of market leading, price-competitive contracts, automation technologies and data-driven insights. Together with Premier, we will drive operational excellence across our integrated health system."
Susan Green
Chief Financial Officer, Tufts Medicine