Strategic Sourcing Advisors LLC
Spend Optimization
ON-DEMAND EXPERTISE Supplier Harmonization UPSKILL TALENT
Welcome to
Strategic Sourcing Advisors LLC
“Optimizing the life cycle cost of capital equipment, products, supplies, and professional services is our legacy. We champion innovative and clinically-integrated supply organizations with unwavering dedication to our clients’ sustainable success. Join us in shaping your success with integrity and relentless pursuit of excellence.”
Services
Strategic Sourcing Advisors assist a health system to optimize non-labor costs and provide procedural cost optimization. We offer the fractional resources necessary to conduct effective cost optimization initiatives with limited staff.
The impact of a clinically integrated supply chain
This approach is critical in today’s environment and is defined as:
- An interdisciplinary partnership between clinical, financial, operational, and supply chain teams to deliver high-value patient care.
- A collaborative model where decisions are based on data and clinical input, balancing cost considerations with patient safety and outcomes.
A shift away from siloed decision-making, leading to increased efficiency, improved choice, reduced costs, and enhanced patient satisfaction.
Spend
Optimization
On-Demand
Expertise
Supplier
Harmonization
Upskill Talent
Evidence-based. Cost Effective. Organizational Resiliency.
We offer two spend optimization programs:
Strategic Sourcing Our evidence-based approach supports innovation and the standard of care while ensuring cost effective and regulatory compliant product selection.
Procedural Analytics Our collaborative-based approach builds clinical consensus for specific medical procedures based on patterns, trends, emerging technologies, and product utilization. We help, reduce variability, control expenses, and enhance overall efficiency.
Each program builds organizational resiliency by aligning sourcing strategies with clinical best practices, interdisciplinary consensus, and financial goals.
Flexibility. Specialized Advisory Skills. Shared Responsibility.
On-demand expertise transforms strategy into scalable operational impact. Our team of on-demand multidisciplinary advisory executives, subject matter experts, project managers, spend analysts, and transactional specialists delivers comprehensive support across every aspect of your supply chain.
Our Advisors offer the specialized, transferable skills required to execute complex cost optimization initiatives—without the expense of additional full-time staff. Each engagement is seamless, results-oriented, and measurable, ensuring a repeatable framework for sustained value, efficiency, and long-term organizational success.
Transparent Scope. Articulated Scale. Mutual Commitment.
Supplier harmonization builds collaborative, trust-based, aligned, and equitable partnerships throughout our client’s supplier networks. To achieve this, our harmonization process is anchored by three foundational pillars:
- Transparent Scope: Clearly defined and easily understood project parameters, deliverables, and milestones.
- Articulated Scale Expectations: Mutually agreed-upon terms that allow flexibility to scale services up or down based on organizational needs.
- Mutual Commitment: A shared understanding of responsibilities, timelines, and deliverables across all stakeholders.
Coaching. Supportive Learning. Skill-Development.
Talent Upskilling cultivates internal capability and long-term self-sufficiency. Our mentoring program follows a “Teach One, Do One” model—guiding clients step-by-step through key processes and empowering them to manage these functions independently.
By doing so, we help organizations reduce dependency on external consultants, strengthen internal expertise, and protect valuable budget resources that can be redirected toward strategic priorities.
Strategic Sourcing Advisors assist a health system optimize non-labor costs and provide procedural cost optimization. We offer the fractional resources necessary to conduct effective cost initiatives with limited staff.
About Us
David Casale
is the founder, Chairman,
and CEO of Strategic
Sourcing Advisors, LLC.
David Casale is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Strategic Sourcing Advisors, LLC. Daivd’s career in supply chain management services spanning 30 years. During his career, David led the strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, data analytics, program management, purchasing, and supply chain services efforts for large academic health systems, leading universities, major professional service firms, and international manufacturing conglomerates. Over the last decade, David built UC San Diego Health’s Strategic Sourcing Department, and championed spending enhancement programs that reduced non-labor costs by over $100M.
David earned dual B.S. degrees in Economics and Industrial Relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MBA in International Finance, Accounting, and Organizational Change from Duquesne University. He holds Supply Management, Purchasing, Project Management and Process Improvement certifications.