Transforming the Healthcare Supply Chain into a Strategic Asset
Premier's Supply Chain Optimization Advisory Practice combines award-winning expertise, technology-enabled supply chain insights and hands-on execution to help health systems strengthen resiliency, reduce costs and deliver measurable results.
The Challenge
Healthcare supply chains face mounting pressures: rising expenses, workforce shortages, product disruptions and increasing demands for transparency and clinical alignment. Fragmented sourcing, misaligned decision-making between clinicians and executives, and outdated structures make supply chain management difficult to sustain.
Why Premier
Unlike other consulting firms, Premier's Supply Chain Optimization Advisory Practice is solely dedicated to healthcare's supply chain. Our team of former hospital executives and embedded supply chain experts understands your day-to-day challenges and knows how to translate strategy into results.
Our award-winning advisory practice was recognized with Modern Healthcare’s 2024 & 2025 Best in Business award in the Consultants: Healthcare Management category, a testament to our measurable impact and industry leadership.
How We Help Health Systems
We go beyond traditional consulting to optimize every link in your supply chain, from data management to clinician engagement, using proprietary tools and hands-on implementation. We help you:
- Reimagine healthcare supply chain optimization with embedded experts who deliver sustainable cost savings, improved healthcare vendor management and operational efficiency.
- Integrate clinical and financial priorities through physician-led value analysis and evidence-based decision-making.
- Deploy advanced technology and analytics — including our High Value Implants (HVI) dashboard and Service Line Analytics (SLA) supplies — to benchmark, visualize spend and drive a technology-enabled supply chain strategy.
- Embed change management and execution support so improvements stick — not just show up on a slide during a presentation.
This integrated approach transforms your supply chain into a strategic asset, enhancing margins, strengthening resiliency and supporting better patient care.
Proven Results
Prisma Health
$450 million in savings at Prisma Health through a systemwide transformation.
Kaleida Health
$75 million in savings at Kaleida Health via supply chain restructuring.
Bayhealth
$8 million in savings at Bayhealth in first year of partnership with Premier.
"Premier's team didn't just tell us what to do — they walked with us every step of the way … together, we built a future we’re proud of."
Dr. David Tam
CEO, Beebe Healthcare
"They've really been an extension of us … constantly looking at contracts and asking 'How can we do things better?'"
Kevin Randall
CFO, Crouse Health
"Premier's team didn't just tell us what to do — they walked with us every step of the way … together, we built a future we’re proud of."
Dr. David Tam
CEO, Beebe Healthcare
"They've really been an extension of us … constantly looking at contracts and asking 'How can we do things better?'"
Kevin Randall
CFO, Crouse Health
"Premier's team didn't just tell us what to do — they walked with us every step of the way … together, we built a future we’re proud of."
Dr. David Tam
CEO, Beebe Healthcare
"They've really been an extension of us … constantly looking at contracts and asking 'How can we do things better?'"
Kevin Randall
CFO, Crouse Health
Meet Our Practice Leader
Jeff Ashkenase
Managing Director, Practice Lead, Supply Chain Optimization
Jeff brings decades of experience in healthcare operations and transformation, spanning strategy, financial improvement and clinical integration. He ensures clients not only adapt to change but set the standard for innovation in healthcare supply chain management.
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