Insights
When Growing Pains Hit Procurement: Scaling Beyond One Site
Growth is what most dental practices aim for, but growth has a way of exposing the systems that quietly worked when a practice was small. Procurement is a classic example.
The Hours Your Team Loses to Ordering (And Never Gets Back)
If you asked a dental practice manager to list the parts of their job that feel like a poor use of their talents, ordering supplies would be near the top.
Why Your Practice Needs One Source of Truth for Procurement
Ask three people in a dental practice what was ordered last week, what it cost, and when it will arrive, and you may well get three different answers, or three
Are You Overpaying for Dental Supplies? Most Practices Can’t Tell
Here is an uncomfortable question for any dental practice: is the price you paid for your last box of gloves a good one? For most practices, the honest answer is
The Dental Supply Budget Nobody Actually Sets
Most dental practices have a budget for supplies in the same way most people have a plan to exercise more: it exists as a vague intention, rarely written down, and
Why Guessing How Much to Reorder Is Costing Your Practice
In a great many dental practices, the question of how much to reorder is answered the same way it has been for decades: someone glances at a shelf, forms an