We recognise very clearly that Healthcare Supply Chains are different.  Supply Chain cost must be balanced with appropriate levels of service to support the required patient outcomes and many of our Healthcare clients are Government organisations that also carry specific requirements that may not normally be experienced elsewhere.

We have had the please of working across many sectors within Healthcare such as:

• Optical & Dental
• Pharmaceutical manufacturers
• Pharmaceutical wholesalers
• Pharmaceutical retail
• Pharmaceutical distribution
• Pathology & Imaging
• Hospitals
• Animal health
• Government health

We are very proud and privileged to count amongst our customers some of the leading organisations in the area of Healthcare.  Customer List

Listed below are a sample of the diverse range of projects undertaken by Logistics Bureau in the Healthcare sector.

Examples of our Supply Chain & Logistics Projects:

Healthcare – Strategy

• Review of supply chains for hospital groups down to ward level including; inventory management & demand forecasting; supplier & product base rationalisation
• Healthcare Logistics strategy development
• Development of channel management options
• Pharmaceutical Cost To Serve Nationally and Internationally
• Supply chain review of Government Health departments including; purchasing, receipts, storage, and distribution to ward and theatre; assets and hospital services (including catering and linen); opportunities for synergies across separate hospital networks

Healthcare – Tactics

• Multiple outsourcing of OTC and Pharmaceutical products including managing tender process, service provider selection and contract negotiations
• Establishment of centralised warehousing for Government Health department.
• Facilitation of tendering process for new static and mobile equipment
• Review and develop healthcare Field sales force territories
• Developed technical customer data base
• Reviews of options for domestic transport
• Development of transport synergies across separate divisions
• Design of cold chain distribution centres including automated equipment requirements

Healthcare – Operations

• Development of track & trace processes from medical supplier to ward level
• Process improvement within National DC
• Project management of major storage and handling solution installation within new facility
• Assistance with improving existing IT capability and reporting
• Assistance in preparing tender responses for 3PL contracts
• Management of day to day operations during the outsourcing process
• Project management of business integration following mergers and acquisitions

Healthcare – Optimisation

• Implementation of inventory and systems relocation to 3PL
• Raw materials planning
• Distribution network design
• Cost To Serve across divisions and channels
• ABC analysis of existing multi user facilities