Company: North Hampshire NHS Trust provides in-patient and out-patient care to local residents.

Challenge: To maintain the efficient running of the hospital. To manage the hospital’s non-medical stores, to reduce administration and ordering time and provide greater visibility of the hospital’s stock movement.

RS Solution: North Hampshire NHS Trust recently implemented Managed Stock Replacement from RS to move from a reactive to proactive approach to managing stock levels.

Benefits:

• Freed up 20% of the hospital store manager’s time
• Increased the accuracy of orders
• Ensured that optimum stock levels are maintained
• Improved stock layout for ease of use and ensured space is maximised
• Provided real-time reports on the hospital’s stock holding and for the first time an accurate picture of stock movement
• Increased speed of the whole order and delivery process from days to hours
• Changed from multiple to single orders saving time and money