Managing supplies for a hospital is a huge responsibility. Finding quality products at the best price is just a small portion of the duties that are performed by the Materials Manager and Materials Management staff. Today's economical restraints call for tighter controls. The supply budget for the hospital is a significant portion of the overall spending for the facility. Therefore, the requirement of maintaining tight control is gained through educating all materials management staff in all aspects of the management process. Materials Management 101 includes 10 lessons that will teach students core competencies that are desirable for materials management staff. Regardless of your current level of experience in the field, MM101 will expand your knowledge and help you grow to apply new skills in existing and new situations that present themselves in the supply department.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Organize store room supplies in a simple fashion that will be clean, neat and useful to new and veteran staff.
• Determine and define the 7 distribution methods along with managing the process of distribution.
• Define purchasing ethics as they relate to specific job duties.
• Recognize the financial principles of materials management while determining assets and liabilities as they relate to the supply budget.
• Investigate the function of the OR and determine how its practices affect the store room.
• Critique the complete materials management process in your facility and devise revisions in the flow that will positively affect the budget.

Cost: $89.00