ISSUE

The subject is a hospital management company whose subsidiaries own and operate more than200 facilities across the U.S.and international locations.The facilities include acute care hospitals，behavioral health facilities and surgery centers that employ over60000 people。

The company has a sole source lighting， MRO and door hardware agreement with a large MRO distributor.Inventory management solutions were previously installed in nine of the acute care hospitals.The health system was considering an expansion of the inventory management program to help achieve further cost savings.The senior leadership management program program program to help further further cost savings.The senior leadershis of sealysages of sealysian在…之前idate the cost-saving opportunities before implementing an inventory management solution nationwide。

OPPORTUNITY GOALS

• current inventory management solutions
• 开发库存管理工具
• Review non-stock ordering process to help reduce steps and fully utilize the hospital management company’s McKesson information system

APPROACH

Conduct a baseline analysis of one of the hospitals that had an inventory management installation and to provide recommendations for the company’s acute care hospitals。

OBSERVATIONS&FINDINGS

• Frequent&Infrequent Purchase Process
  • The managed inventory solution program had been deployed at this site for several years.The Onsite Services Consultant scanned and replenished frequently used items on aweekly basis.However， items are re-entered into the company’s McKesson system to generate a purchase order.The inventory management solution process cost per transaction was$32。
  • Engineering staff identifies infrequently purchased items and researches product availability and price from suppliers using the internet or by calling suppliers.Items are submitted twice a week to the office administrator on afor entered into the company’s McKesson system.The process cost per transaction for infrequentems$68。
  • Orders go through several layers of approval in the company’s system with the CFO approving orders from$500to$4999.It may take3to5days for purchase orders to be added by the Buyer。
  • Suppliers
    • Supplier data for one year was provided from the company’s McKesson system with analysis of 209 suppliers
    • 生产资料总汇30%
    • 68%of spend went to the company’s top10 suppliers

RECOMMENDATIONS&IMPACT

• eProcurement deployment：Integrate a Punchout catalog within the organization’s McKesson system for infrequently purchased items and allow catalog access to all Engineering staff
  • 集成电路，EDI purchase order and electronic invoicing，eliminating all paper invoices
  • 开发的joint training document
  • Impact:Process for infrequent purchases decreased to$53（22%reduction）
  • 集成的公共计算机，McKesson system and inventory management solutions to facilitate approval of orders and population of purchase order data
  • Stocking an additional800items using the inventory management solution
  • 生产成本管理方案41%
  • Impact:A60%Reduction in transaction cost to$13 per transaction

Note:Savings may not be typical for all customers。