Hospitals appear to lag other industries in cost containment measures, materials management and inventory control. Clinical staff members are equally difficult to convince of the benefits of supply chain efficiency because they are more interested in the clinical appearance and convenience of the products in use (Cerner Perioperative Solutions, 2005). This poor or absent culture of support from senior leadership and clinical staff does not provide the foundation for the necessary change to take hold. Those tasked with trying to affect change in this environment will eventually become disenchanted with the lack of support and give up trying. The inability to break the cycle of “we've always done it this way” will become a key obstacle without project buy-in from leadership, clinical staff, and all other stakeholders. These barriers to change can be mitigated through regular and thorough communication of strategic objectives (Flowers,