title: Think or swim. Here's how materials managers helped salvage their facilities from financial depths.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimkus
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D017754:Group Purchasing; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D008824:Michigan; D017749:Total Quality Management