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is more expensive with much more variable pricing issues, includ- ing system pricing versus cap pricing versus component pricing.” Managing both areas represents a delicate balancing act, according
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Customer was extremely happy with the report! He reviewed the Recommendation Deliverables multiple times. He said the information was detailed and accurately unveils the issues at his facility. He, also stated the deliverables were much more than he expected and wishes to share the information with the rest of the Supply Chain office.
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to Suzanne Alexander-Vaughn, senior product manager, marketing, Omnicell Inc., Mountain View, CA. “Central inventory has to maintain the balance of turning inventory quickly while keeping the essen- tial items for a broad range of needs throughout the facility,” Alexander-Vaughn indicated. “Partnering with clinical stakeholders to assess department needs, standardizing processes for maintaining and regularly updating department needs are important in managing clinical inventory locations. “Many organizations are now looking at high- volume product that was previously managed as nonstock items as they consolidate operations across their many care locations,” she continued. “This can squeeze limited space and means each item kept in central inventory must be well-managed. Systems that can automate this process have been available for many years and are constantly updated to utilize newer technology, but any system — automated or not — requires oversight, adherence and updates to provide maximum benefit.”
Suzanne Alexander- Vaughn
Focus on the data, recommended Nancy Pakieser, Senior Director, Industry Development, TECSYS Inc., New York. “From a software and technology perspective, it
is about how the data will flow,” Pakieser insisted. “Different categories of supplies will have different data elements that follow them. Where the data is stored and how much data is needed will be variable. There is also variability in how we will capture the data — with a bar-code scanner, with an RFID tag, with weighted shelves. For general supplies, enough information to replenish stocking locations may be all that is needed. For procedural or clinical supplies, such as implants, the [Unique Device Identifier] will allow us to capture much more detail and be able to tag it to a specific physician, patient, procedure, price, etc.” HPN
Nancy Pakieser
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When Supply Chain gets inventory management right
Healthcare Purchasing News inquired from a group of healthcare inventory management experts about success stories, why they worked and how those achievements might be applied to other projects. Here’s what they shared.
“An inventory management success story has to include some fundamental characteristics. First, let’s consider the most important criteria — nurses don’t run out of supplies needed to deliver patient care. To make sure this happens, nurses might expect every item, every bin to be stuffed and supply rooms over- flowing so nothing ever runs out. But Supply Chain leaders would absolutely object to this approach, knowing it will result in higher carrying costs and the potential for more expiring product. Second, let’s note that nurses don’t want to be inconvenienced with supply management — complex systems requiring nursing to enter data often leads to nurses bypassing the system, which in turn reduces supply chain visibility, efficiency and can ultimately increase costs. Finally, let’s make it clear our inventory management success story must be fueled by accurate, reliable data. “At a major hospital system in New York City, the Supply Chain team recently
found great success implementing a two-bin system in areas with high-volume commodity items. This immediately led to increases in nursing satisfaction — as
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