Supply Chain Brain The International Society of Automation (ISA) released a 2024 position paper, highlighted in a recent article from Supply Chain Brain, outlining the importance of automation across the supply chain industry. The ISA notes the essential role automation plays in building supply chain resilience, and offers guidance for decision makers on incorporating these technologies into existing operations. As …
Challenges of Implementing an ERP
The benefits of ERP systems are numerous. Whether it’s obvious improvements to organization, or slightly more “hidden” advantages like reducing overhead or inspiring more collaboration – if you look for the good stuff, you’ll find it! Every ERP provider is more than ready to give you a list of benefits… But what about the Challenges of Implementing an ERP? Implementing …
Why Managing Inventory is Essential to Supply Chain Management
There are a lot of business owners looking to their supply chain for cost savings in the current economy. With the price of oil so low, this is a great time to realize cost savings. However, there is much more to supply chain management than just fuel costs. One of the biggest cost areas for many companies is in inventory management. By …
Keeping your Inventory up to PAR with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management
The supply chain is the second largest expense for healthcare providers. It is the key to creating a better end to end visibility of all their healthcare inventory supplies. PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management offers you the tools to running a better business including PeopleSoft Inventory. All of your hospital inventory is centrally maintained in PeopleSoft Inventory. However, inventory transactions are recorded …
Automating the Hospital Supply Chain
Hospitals spend billions of dollars each year ordering medical supplies required for medical procedures. But the sad fact is that a lack of efficiency within the hospital supply chain also creates billions of dollars in excess costs every year. Fortunately automating a hospital’s supply chain will simultaneously cut costs and make hospital supplies more easily replenished. Why Automating the Supply Chain Is …
PeopleSoft Supplier Relationship Management: A Useful Tool with Vulnerabilities to Fix
PeopleSoft ERP software is used by over 1/2 of the Fortune 500 companies and by many others worldwide as well, yet it still has it’s share of vulnerabilities. Because the applications are integrated over all of the business activities across departments, everyone works with the same data and processes. No more information silos! And, when implemented, companies use it to improve …
Hospital Supply Chain ERP Solution
Hospitals are one of the most complex organizations across our nation. The number of moving parts and people is simply astounding. Getting the hospital supply chain right is extremely difficult. However, using an ERP solution like PeopleSoft can facilitate a much smoother supply chain with less hiccups, less waste, more savings and higher patient and staff satisfaction.One of the worst case scenarios is when …
Creating an Effective Hospital Supply Chain
In the provision of quality service, a hospital needs a supply chain that merges logistic and purchasing operations of clinical elements. Attaining this objective is not always easy. A well-integrated hospital supply chain incorporates all relevant parties in and around the hospital into its process, including clinicians, finance, clinical outcomes, executive leaders, physicians and others, in other to achieve optimal success. When creating …
Supply Chain Automation Saves Time and Money
The latest headlines in Healthcare IT are all about saving money by boosting the supply chain. Published just weeks ago, this article highlights the advantages of implementing an automated hospital supply chain for larger hospitals. Of all the “extraneous” costs associated with running a hospital, managing suppliers and spending hours negotiating with vendors should not be one of those. Time is …
