Realising more than £1m of savings through an effective inventory management improvement programme
National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England are being driven to improve operational efficiencies in order to achieve greater cost savings amidst the growing financial pressures on the sector.
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Following a trust-wide review of supply chain processes, practices and systems, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust realised that there were areas where they could be operating with greater efficiency.
The success of the programme was central to the procurement of an effective inventory management system that would enable the automation of inventory management processes. After reviewing their options, they decided to implement Ingenica Solutions’ 360 – the first GS1-certified inventory management solution in the NHS.
