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	St. Luke’s Achieves Accurate PAR Inventory with RF-SMART

St. Luke’s Achieves Accurate PAR Inventory with RF-SMART

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Inventory Management Remote Asset Management
Services	System Integration Training
Challenge	St. Luke’s Hospital, a 300-bed facility in Toledo, OH, faced significant challenges in managing their PAR inventory after a divestiture. Transitioning from an on-premise solution to Oracle SCM Cloud, they needed a robust system to scan barcodes using handheld devices, eliminating paper processes in their PAR management. The hospital required a solution that could handle offline PAR counting to ensure accurate inventory management despite potential WIFI coverage issues. Additionally, they needed to manage 52 unique PAR locations efficiently with fewer staff, ensuring sufficient inventory levels and proper tracking for the accounting department. Read More
About Customer	St. Luke’s Hospital is a 300-bed healthcare facility located in Toledo, Ohio. The hospital serves the local community with a wide range of medical services and has recently undergone a restructuring process under new leadership. Following a divestiture, St. Luke’s sought to enhance its supply chain operations by transitioning from an on-premise solution to Oracle SCM Cloud. The hospital aimed to leverage the advancements of a cloud-based ERP system to improve efficiency, accuracy, and ease-of-use in their PAR inventory management. With a focus on eliminating paper processes and enhancing barcode scanning capabilities, St. Luke’s turned to RF-SMART to meet their needs. Read More
Solution	St. Luke’s Hospital implemented RF-SMART to complement their Oracle SCM Cloud system, focusing on mobile materials management, mobile PAR offline counting, and overall PAR location management. RF-SMART enabled the hospital to streamline their inventory processes from receiving to putaway, ensuring efficient operations and accurate inventory levels. The solution allowed for seamless creation of pick tickets, order completion, and expense tracking to the proper PAR locations. By using handheld devices for barcode scanning, St. Luke’s could issue items from the storeroom to PAR locations quickly, maintaining sufficient inventory levels and proper accounting tracking. The offline PAR counting feature was particularly beneficial, allowing data to be downloaded to devices and uploaded later to Oracle SCM Cloud, ensuring accuracy even in areas with poor WIFI coverage. Additionally, RF-SMART supported the hospital’s use of KANBAN for a two-bin method to place orders, enabling technicians to locate items across different PAR locations efficiently. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Remote Asset Management

Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

St. Luke’s Hospital, a 300-bed facility in Toledo, OH, faced significant challenges in managing their PAR inventory after a divestiture. Transitioning from an on-premise solution to Oracle SCM Cloud, they needed a robust system to scan barcodes using handheld devices, eliminating paper processes in their PAR management. The hospital required a solution that could handle offline PAR counting to ensure accurate inventory management despite potential WIFI coverage issues. Additionally, they needed to manage 52 unique PAR locations efficiently with fewer staff, ensuring sufficient inventory levels and proper tracking for the accounting department.

About Customer

St. Luke’s Hospital is a 300-bed healthcare facility located in Toledo, Ohio. The hospital serves the local community with a wide range of medical services and has recently undergone a restructuring process under new leadership. Following a divestiture, St. Luke’s sought to enhance its supply chain operations by transitioning from an on-premise solution to Oracle SCM Cloud. The hospital aimed to leverage the advancements of a cloud-based ERP system to improve efficiency, accuracy, and ease-of-use in their PAR inventory management. With a focus on eliminating paper processes and enhancing barcode scanning capabilities, St. Luke’s turned to RF-SMART to meet their needs.

Solution

St. Luke’s Hospital implemented RF-SMART to complement their Oracle SCM Cloud system, focusing on mobile materials management, mobile PAR offline counting, and overall PAR location management. RF-SMART enabled the hospital to streamline their inventory processes from receiving to putaway, ensuring efficient operations and accurate inventory levels. The solution allowed for seamless creation of pick tickets, order completion, and expense tracking to the proper PAR locations. By using handheld devices for barcode scanning, St. Luke’s could issue items from the storeroom to PAR locations quickly, maintaining sufficient inventory levels and proper accounting tracking. The offline PAR counting feature was particularly beneficial, allowing data to be downloaded to devices and uploaded later to Oracle SCM Cloud, ensuring accuracy even in areas with poor WIFI coverage. Additionally, RF-SMART supported the hospital’s use of KANBAN for a two-bin method to place orders, enabling technicians to locate items across different PAR locations efficiently.

Impact #1	RF-SMART enabled St. Luke’s Hospital to manage 52 unique PAR locations with fewer staff, significantly improving operational efficiency.
Impact #2	The offline PAR counting feature ensured accurate inventory management even in areas with poor WIFI coverage, enhancing reliability.
Impact #3	The use of handheld devices for barcode scanning eliminated paper processes and manual data entry, reducing errors and saving time.

Impact #1

RF-SMART enabled St. Luke’s Hospital to manage 52 unique PAR locations with fewer staff, significantly improving operational efficiency.

Impact #2

The offline PAR counting feature ensured accurate inventory management even in areas with poor WIFI coverage, enhancing reliability.

Impact #3

The use of handheld devices for barcode scanning eliminated paper processes and manual data entry, reducing errors and saving time.

Benefit #1	St. Luke’s Hospital managed 52 unique PAR locations with fewer headcount, reducing labor costs.
Benefit #2	The implementation of RF-SMART eliminated the need for double or triple the amount of workers to fill carts and place orders.
Benefit #3	The offline PAR counting feature ensured accurate inventory management, reducing potential inventory discrepancies.

Benefit #1

St. Luke’s Hospital managed 52 unique PAR locations with fewer headcount, reducing labor costs.

Benefit #2

The implementation of RF-SMART eliminated the need for double or triple the amount of workers to fill carts and place orders.

Benefit #3

The offline PAR counting feature ensured accurate inventory management, reducing potential inventory discrepancies.

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St. Luke’s Achieves Accurate PAR Inventory with RF-SMART

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