Case Studies

Amplify was engaged by a leading health agency, to tender their Dental Consumables contract which was reaching expiry. Amplify conducted spend analysis, market assessment, internal practices, benchmarking, and clinical engagement to determine the appropriate go to market strategy. The strategy identified significant opportunity to consolidate spend and improve internal order processes to promote contract efficiency. Through a competitive tender and robust evaluation, Amplify successfully rationalised the state’s contracted product listings from over 17,000 products to a core range of 3,500, Amplify also embedded supplier catalogues for efficient purchasing. The project achieved $350k in annual savings while significantly increasing spend under management, improving catalogue compliance, ordering efficiency and improved supplier relationships. The tender process was delivered 40% quicker than the functions average time to market.

Amplify worked with Australia's largest government health shared services department to bring clarity to how procurement was performing across its portfolios.  Amplify analysed spend, contracts, budgets, resourcing and performance against industry benchmarks to build and implement a balanced procurement scorecard that turned complex data into clear, performance insights for the Procurement function. The work helped teams to spot trends, understand what drives performance, and measure return on investment per FTE across each portfolio, giving the client increased insights into performance and smarter ways to improve. 

Amplify were engaged by a major state health department to develop a new procurement taxonomy for its medical consumable’s portfolio.  The objectives of the new taxonomy were to balance the alignment of contracts between key clinical stakeholder groups and the supply markets. Lack of existing taxonomy meant contracts had duplicate categories creating confusion amongst stakeholders and inefficiency in demand aggregation. Using subject matter expertise, Amplify designed a taxonomy to Tier 4 and mapped all spend back to the taxonomy and contracts. The new taxonomy resulted in a revised contract structure, which streamlined operations and increased leverage through demand aggregation.

As part of an immediate and critical response to the Covid 19 pandemic, a leading government health agency engaged Amplify to support the sourcing of critical supplies. Amplify undertook a rapid assessment to identify critical supplies required across Hospital departments. Once the list of critical supplies had been identified, efforts were made to identify key sources and suppliers. Amplify also prepared RfQ’s and conducted negotiations to meet the escalating demands of the healthcare system. The support from Amplify offered stability in supply for critical healthcare supplies and an organised approach to demand management, planning, and supplier relationships in a challenging and evolving environment.

Following unprecedented global supply challenges, a leading government health agency requested Amplify conduct a critical review of current processes and management of product shortages, the scope of the review was from early warning signs in the market, to product stock out situations that were impacting patient care. Amplify conducted workshops and interviews with key stakeholders, to understand the current state, determine business needs and define the future state strategy. Amplify developed process maps which highlighted conflicts, missed opportunities, compliance issues, and inefficiencies in existing processes. The final recommendation report proposed changes relating to team structure, process and capability uplift, resulting in a more proactive approach to management of supply shortages, and subsequently minimising impact to patient care.

A leading government Health agency engaged Amplify to standardise and optimise medical and theatre procedure packs contents across hospital sites.  Amplify identified over 1,000 variations of procedure packs were being purchased across the Health system. Through pack specification comparison and clinical engagement, unnecessary variation and wastage was eliminated. Standardised pack contents were agreed for key procedures. - reducing pack specifications by 96% and generating over $1.5M in savings.

Amplify led the award and implementation of a sourcing process for a leading health agencies fleet telematics. Amplify conducted supplier evaluations, robust negotiations, and contract award. To secure long-term commercial visibility, Amplify developed a bespoke five-year cashflow model, providing the department with a precise forecast of the financial impact and ROI associated with the new device implementation. Amplify also developed a comprehensive implementation plan and local handover framework to ensure the project was equipped for a successful rollout. 

Australia's largest government health shared services department engaged Amplify to conduct a review of their records management expenditure. Amplify conducted a feasibility study and identified spend across multiple suppliers with duplication/inconsistency of services across sites. This led to a recommendation to conduct a state-wide tender in collaboration with key customer sites. The project successfully established a rationalised panel of suppliers, introducing standardised KPIs and consistent pricing achieving over $1M (12%) savings. Beyond financial gains, the project modernised operations by implementing a digital online retrieval system, ensuring faster, secure access to critical health records across the state.

Amplify partnered with the Local Tenders & Contracts team at Australia's largest government health shared services department to boost capability and fill resource gaps during a busy tendering period. Working closely with key customers, Amplify helped streamline processes, update documentation, and deliver key tenders across multiple services. Alongside delivery of a heavy tender pipeline, the collaboration introduced new stakeholder information packs, improved approach to risk management, and increased stakeholder satisfaction.

A large government public health agency engaged Amplify to perform a review across their pharmaceutical category. Amplify conducted in depth analysis in relation to current spend, contracts, suppliers and market conditions. Pricing was benchmarked against industry to identify savings opportunities. Amplify also conducted a patent analysis to determine the appropriate strategy for optimum benefits realisation. The final recommendation included a 2- year roadmap with clear initiatives mapped by priority, complexity, and savings potential. In total the project identified $57.5M savings for our client.

Amplify partnered with a large Victorian private hospital group to identify savings through an opportunity assessment. Key categories under review included cardiovascular and pharmacy. Through detailed data analysis, benchmarking, and contract review, Amplify identified $66.5M in spend with up to $5.9M in potential savings. Amplify also developed a forward procurement plan to guide future tendering, assisting our client to take a more strategic approach to procurement and long-term cost optimisation.