Governance

Supply Chain Governance

Supply Chain participates in meetings with system executives to help steer purchasing strategies and manage purchasing costs while ensuring the best clinical outcomes. Supply Chain partners with clinicians across medical and surgical specialties, including labs, radiology, facilities, and dietary to maximize supplier contracts and navigate vendor negotiations.

The UMMS Supply Chain is part of the Southeast Collaborative (SEC), a regional committee of hospital systems containing academic medical centers. Members of the SEC use its collective purchasing power to drive down costs on clinical commodities. Current members of the SEC also include Tampa General, University of Alabama Birmingham Health System, Emory Healthcare, and University of Florida Health.

• Supply Chain Champions
  • Supply Chain Champions meet once a month to discuss Supply Chain strategy within UMMS. Representatives typically include each hospital’s CFO or COO. Meetings are led by UMMS Vice President of Supply Chain Management.
• Supply Chain Operations
  • Regular meetings led by UMMS Vice President of Supply Chain Management and chaired by other directors of Materials Management. VP shares outcomes from the Supply Chain Champions meetings with directors to help influence and drive strategic Supply Chain decisions.
• Director of Materials
  • Regular meetings led by Director of UMMS Materials Management. Participants discuss how to implement decisions made by Supply Chain Champions and provide feedback as liaisons between end-users and Supply Chain staff.