Inventory management is rarely a life and death issue. But, it is in hospital management. This is perhaps the primary reason so many health care management teams turn to PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management.
Prioritizing Purchase Orders That Really Matter
In a hospital or clinic, high-priority requisitions may literally be a matter of life and death. Risk to patients is significantly increased when the correct product is not available, whether it is ordered incorrectly (or not ordered when needed) or delivered to the wrong location.
Unfortunately, in many hospitals, prioritizing purchase orders is a manual process, and decisions are made by (highly stressed, overworked) humans. And, the nature of hospitals is time of the essence – many purchases need to be delivered within 24 hours.
In addition to the high-pressure environment, purchasing agents have little if any contact with patients or understanding of their very specific needs, which obviously adds to opportunities for miscommunication. In many health care environments, nurses or doctors may end up placing the order – sometimes a good decision, sometimes a very costly one in terms of time and resources.
Faster, More Accurate Purchases, Better Supply Chain Management
Automating as many processes in the purchasing system as possible is key. But, automating processes without thoroughly understanding them can be disastrous. Also, a good design ensures those automated processes enhance, rather than obscure, communication throughout the supply chain.
Belermo’s PeopleSoft experts have worked with many health care providers with multiple locations to make sure that their purchasing processes do two things well: serve the patients by serving the purchasers, and serve the hospital by managing the supply chain appropriately.
Managing to get the procurement process under control is one thing, managing in face of changing supplier levels and availability/deliverability realities is another. Fortunately, most of the variables of reality can be factored in to the PeopleSoft process, without introducing delays or opportunities for costly miscommunication.
Supply Chain Management that Saves Lives Can Save Money Too
When your business is saving lives, “budget-tightening” sounds bad. PeopleSoft’s Supply Chain Management and ERP solutions can be part of improved processes that save lives. And, ultimately, one that saves money, too.
That was the case when Belermo worked with a Midwest health care chain with 7 hospitals, numerous clinics, and more than 400 e-procurement requestors. The result: improved processes, time (and therefore money) savings, and the ability to provide better, more reliable services to those in need of immediate health care intervention.
To learn more about how the effective use of PeopleSoft programs streamlined processes to deliver better care, faster, contact us.
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