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Contacts: Tom Seliquini Principal Tom.s@natmedlog.com Greg Swanson Principal Greg.s@natmedlog.com Deb Angstadt Marketing Cell 804-402-2859 dangstadt@wwsmanagement.com Janet Say Regional Director Supply Chain Management Providence Health and Services, Alaska Region Office 907-565-6333 Janet.Say@providence.org Richmond, VA: National Medical Logistics (NML) of Richmond, Virginia has been selected by Providence Anchorage Medical Center (PAMC) in Anchorage, Alaska to assist with the implementation of a low-unit-of-measure (LUM) program. As part of this engagement, NML was asked to help ensure a timely and successful transition with their Anchorage based distributor by applying project management expertise, to help identify and remove any potential roadblocks. This included a review of internal processes, business intelligence sharing needs and distributor inventory and infrastructure preparedness. According to Janet Say, Providence Health and Services, AK Region, �We made the decision to move from a bulk program to a low unit of measure program to improve efficiencies and reduce cost in the supply chain. Due to the project�s scope we felt that we would benefit by having a qualified external entity help with the implementation effort. We chose National Medical Logistics because of their logistical focus, objectivity, healthcare expertise and flexibility to work with our hospital while supporting our distributor partner. This allows Providence the ability to consider all of the best practice implementation concepts in the marketplace while still executing on our daily responsibilities.� The LUM program is a success today due to the expertise which is the result of our relationship with NML, and their ability to pull together an interdisciplinary team of our own staff, and that of our Prime Distributor and create a shared need which helped us execute a nearly flawless plan. Tom Seliquini, a principal with NML adds, �In addition to being an implementation partner, we find many healthcare systems have a hard time dedicating internal resources to a project like this. NML can allocate additional supply chain professionals to support hospitals strategic objectives as members of their project team� |