Lawson Healthcare SolutionsOptimization of Key Resources

Forms a Foundation forExcellent Patient Care

Enterprise Resource Management

• Offers solutions to the 3 critical areas of Resource Management:

• Workforce: Lawson Human Capital Management

• Supplies: Lawson Supply Chain Management

• Capital: Lawson Financials

Lawson Supply Chain Management

• Provides the latest inventory management tools to the health care system

• Compatible with U.N. Standard Products and Services Code® (UNSPSC) and GS1

• Leader in industry–60% of the top 50 Integrated Delivery Networks–33% market share (hospitals with 250+ beds) - 4,000 customers in 40 countries, including 100 health care

providers• Competitors include IBM/Cognos, McKesson and Oracle

Data Flow

Downstream

Suppliers Oracle, Healthquest, Crystal Reports

Lawson Materials Management Information System (MMIS)

Users Admin

Upstream

Suppliers Master File

Materials Management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. .. this covers acquisition, quality control , purchasing and ordering …, and the standards involved in ordering, shipping, and

warehousing Wikipedia

Manufacturers

• Supplies

Distributors

• Cardinal• Direct

shipping

Facility

• Mailroom• Receiving• Warehouse

Patients

• OR• Floors• Supply room

Traditional/ Legacy Model

• Large Inventory of Items maintained in hospital warehouse and storage areas in hospital.

• Large staff maintains inventory and searches for items as they are requested by units

• ESI/ NOVA software utilized to place orders, manage stock

Process

Users’ Needs

Orders Placed

Items ShippedItems Received

Items Distributed

Users needs→→ Requesting Items

• Tasks– Catalog of items

– Purchase Orders

• Lawson Solution= Materials Management Inventory System (MMIS)– On-line, searchable database

of available items – Detailed descriptions of

products from supplier– Each item contains all

necessary fields to ensure order accuracy

– Every item has an associated vendor contract to ensure pricing accuracy

Requesting Items

Challenges• Disconnect between user of

items and supply technicians

Lawson Solutions = Requisition Self-Service (RSS)• Orders placed directly by

users• Enhances accuracy and cost

control• UAB –

– over 2000 employees trained– 500 are regular users

Requesting Items- Par Inventory

• Tasks– Establish and adjust par

inventory goals for units and storage areas

– Determine items used on a routine basis

– Place orders to replenish items, i.e. maintain par levels

• Lawson Solution– Maintains electronic

database of par levels– Supports hand held

scanners– Scanners generate

automated orders

Placing Orders

Tasks• Purchase orders faxed to

suppliers

Lawson Solutions• RSS and MMIS support

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) through Global Health Exchange (GHX)– Enhances productivity – Creates an electronic trail of orders – Facilitates payment– Allows future use of GS1 standards

• Lawson Electronic Fax Integrator

Shipping & Receiving

Tasks• Cross reference items with

orders• Receipt of items from

Cardinal, other distributors and delivery providers (Fed-Ex, UPS, USPS)

• Update Accounts Receivable

Lawson solutions• Electronic matching of

orders and deliveries• Maintains preset palate

unloading by final destination

• MMIS interfaces with UAB Finance’s Oracle enterprise

Distribution

Tasks• Deliver items• Track location of items• Respond to recalls• Monitor expirations

Lawson Solutions• MMIS includes final

destination information on all items

• MMIS identifier specifies deliverey location

• Facilitates locating recalled and expired items

Improved Patient Care

Right Item/Right Patient/Right Time Eliminates Waste

Decreased Costs“Just-In Time” Inventory Fewer Staff

Improved Accuracy and Enhanced Productivity

MMIS RSS

LAWSON MATERIALS MANAGEMENT