Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) Academy: Inventory and Distribution Management

Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) Academy: Inventory and Distribution Management is organized by Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) and will be held from Aug 03 - 28, 2026.

Description
Unlock your potential with AHRMM Academy’s exclusive Credential Cohort Programs, designed specifically for Health Care Supply Chain (HCSC) professionals. This comprehensive credentialing series allows you to earn badges that showcase your expertise across all 5 key content areas, enhancing your professional profile. Our curriculum is meticulously aligned with the Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP) designation, allowing you to build competencies in all 5 subject areas assessed on the exam. Achieving these badges not only signifies your proficiency in each topic, but also positions you as a well-rounded expert in the entire supply chain continuum. Join our cohort and take a significant step toward your career advancement and CMRP certification.

Inventory and Distribution Management 
Imagine your health care facility without proper supply movement and inventory control: Supplies would be lost or unavailable, staff would be without the resources and equipment necessary to execute their responsibilities, and patients would be at risk.
Proper logistics and inventory control is the solution. When done efficiently, benefits include high levels of customer satisfaction, minimal need for clinicians to be involved, low levels of inventory investment, improved use of technology, low total cost of managing inventory, and reduced waste.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe various types of inventories
• Explain inventory valuation and methods
• Describe inventory turns, impact factors and turns by department
• Examine ways to ensure enough supplies are on hand without using excess cash and human resources, including reorder point, reorder quantity, and min/max
• Discuss different methods of inventory control and inventory positioning strategies
• Identify best practices of effective receiving, three receiving methods and documentation
• Identify supply distribution functions, internal and external distribution and system considerations including automation and logistics best practices
• Describe methods to return, recall, or exchange inventory
• Recognize the importance of warehouse layout, safety, and operations