Owens & Minor : How Owens & Minor Helped a Prominent Nonprofit Health System Transform Their Supply Chain with LUM Solutions
May 28, 2021 at 03:15 pm EDT
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Increased Productivity Without Increased Expense
According to Todd Croushore, one of the most impactful changes was a shift in teammate scheduling, enabling Owens & Minor to pick and ship LUM orders more quickly. Croushore says that with greater control over the inventory and distribution, the DC was 'able to become more productive without adding more staff.'
Due to the advantages of Owens & Minor's Distribution Center Operations, this health system was also able to utilize developed guidelines for pallet sortation by supply location to maximize the effectiveness of each Owens & Minor truckload and delivery staging for each facility.
Setting Successful Metrics
Following the completion of the walkthrough and the application of data analytics, Owens & Minor provided an estimated ROI from transitioning to the LUM program, while also providing recommendations for right-sizing storeroom inventory and future-state staffing to support the LUM replenishment activity. In order to further improve the impact of these recommendations, Owens & Minor's continued engagement incorporated additional cost-savings opportunities, such as product standardization and route optimization.
The customer also received systems support from Owens & Minor's E-commerce Integration Team. Led by E-Commerce Integration Specialist Mark Smith, a one-pass product replenishment batch schedule for LUM supply locations was configured, while simultaneously developing a supply location crosswalk, allowing the warehouse to pick, pack, ship, process and consolidate e-procurement purchases without unnecessary delay. Working primarily with the customer's internal IT team, Smith and his colleagues were able to create new code and programming logic to adhere to the account and header information the health system needed to have included on packing slips and pallet content lists.
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Owens & Minor, Inc. is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products and services that support care from the hospital to the home. The Company operates through two segments: Products & Healthcare Services and Patient Direct. The Products & Healthcare Services segment offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services to healthcare providers and manufacturers. Its portfolio of medical and surgical supplies includes branded products purchased from manufacturers and its own proprietary products. Its service offerings to healthcare providers include supplier management, analytics, inventory management, and clinical supply management. It also offers a variety of programs providing outsourced logistics and marketing solutions to its suppliers as well. The Patient Direct segment provides delivery of disposable medical supplies sold directly to patients and home health agencies and a provider of integrated home healthcare equipment and related services.