If you just focus on the implementation of a new technology and think that S&OP will miraculously take shape, you're wrong.

District 29 was selected as a site for implementation of a new technology initiative in 1996 by then-Chancellor Rudy Crew, according to the indictment.

Recently, Laupacis et al proposed that the adoption and use of new health technologies should be classified into five grades of recommendation based on their cost per QALY, although they also acknowledged that many other issues other than cost effectiveness, such as ethical and political considerations, affect the implementation of a new technology.