Storage units produce $1 million in savings.(Raritan Bay Medical Center)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Hospital Materials Management, April, 2001 by Hofer, Maureen

When Raritan Bay Medical Center decided to automate its materials management systems, an increasing variety of automated systems related to supply management and storage were becoming available.

After a market review that began in 1998, we selected a system from Omnicell, Palo Alto, Calif. Implementation of the Omnicell system has resulted in substantial cost savings and reduced inventory needs at the Raritan Bay facilities.

Thanks to the new system, last year we realized a $750,000 reduction in the operating budget, with an additional $250,000 saved in returned inventory.

Four buyers and a warehouse

The medical center consists of two facilities: The Old Bridge Division, Old Bridge, N.J., 113 beds; and the Perth Amboy Division,...

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