Medical supplies are a growing challenge for medical device manufacturers. Suppliers face an increasing demand for new products, and stringent regulations are forcing companies to become more organized and efficient. Inventory management and logistics are the most important challenges of the supply chain process when it comes to medical devices. Medical devices have limited shelf … Continue reading The Importance of Advisory Services for Medical Device Logistics and Inventory Management
Speed up your processes by using integrated barcode scanners to quickly receive inventory into your warehouse or consignment location. Whether it is a 1D, 2D or GS1 compliant barcode, by scanning using barcodes, inventory allocation is done quickly and precise.
Track expired or expiring product with built-in reporting and auto-alerts when receiving product into a location, scanning it out to a student or scanning it out to another location
Speed up your processes by using integrated barcode scanners to quickly receive inventory into your school store, stock room or dispensary. By scanning student badges, inventory allocation is done quickly and precise.
When an implant is placed in the patient, easily capture what type of procedure it was, where it was implanted and the Record ID of the patient it was implanted in. Share this data internally or share it with your supplier and manufacturer partners to look for trends and product utilization rates.
The WebOps Dispensary App stores all attributes about a specific item including current location, department, cost to hospital and date received. Additionally you can include a “Due Back Timer” to help flag items that have been checked out but not returned in the required amount of time.
A sleek, permission based portal allows users of all types to quickly find the data they are looking for. Separate users by role, department, grad vs undergrad and dispensary location to control visibility into areas outside their purview.
Whether your product is sterile in an implant tote or a non-sterile implant set or instrument set, WebOps Logistics makes it easy to manage, process, check in and track all inventory that exists within each kit and set.
The WebOps Case Scheduling tool allows for Vendor Reps, Customer Service or a 3rd Party tool to create a surgical case in the WebOps Logistics Platform.
With built in physician preference cards and product type dropdowns, the app cuts down on mistakes while speeding up the request process.
The WebOps Case Scheduling tool allows for Vendor Reps, Customer Service or a 3rd Party tool to create a surgical case in the WebOps Logistics Platform. With built in physician preference cards and product type dropdowns, the app cuts down on mistakes while speeding up the request process.
For purchased products, set up customized pricing per account or by tier level or quantity. Users only see pricing assigned to their profile. Shipping costs and taxes are automatically calculated by address.
Customers and sales reps can see detailed information about the product they are ordering including product descriptions, SKU and images. You can even hide product from users that are not authorized to order specific products.
The WebOps eCommerce front end is customizable to the vendors needs and is accessible via laptop, PC or mobile device. It can also serve as a marketing site in addition to an ordering portal.
The WebOps Quality Alerts feature allows users to set advanced notifications for soon to expire or expiring product. Additionally users are automatically notified when a recall or quarantine of product event happens
Speed up your processes by using integrated barcode scanners or RFID to quickly receive inventory into your warehouse, stock room or distribution center. RFID labels can be created and assigned on the spot, no need for them to exist in manufacturer packaging.
Using the WebOps Logistics Mobile App, field users can scan using the integrated camera on the users phone, pick from a dropdown list of consigned or assigned inventory, or type in the implanted inventory at time of surgery. Additionally users can get up to the minute hospital specific pricing and get signatures from the account rep all while still in the O.R.
With the WebOps Logistics core platform, you can easily see requests for loaned inventory, allocate and ship sets, and receive the product back in after surgery using our processing screen and RFID capabilities. Additionally with our “Available-to-Promise” feature, Ops Staff and Sales Reps can get immediate feedback whether inventory will be available at time of request.
Whether your product is sterile in an implant tote or a non-sterile implant set or instrument set, WebOps Logistics makes it easy to manage, process, check in and track all inventory that exists within each kit and set.
There is no question that Radio-frequency identification or RFID technology and barcoding have significantly improved the entire field of the healthcare industry’s supply chain. RFID technology provides real time traceability for easy visibility while barcoding can maintain accurate record keeping with easy access. Healthcare facilities around the world house billions of dollars of medical equipment, each with its own unique size and shape. However, not all of these assets can be labeled with a bar code or tagged with an RFID tag.
WebOps believes that all healthcare inventory should have the same level of streamlined, efficient management, no matter if there’s a barcode or RFID tag attached. That is why we teamed up with VisiTouch. Decades of experience in the healthcare supply chain gave the founders of VisiTouch great insights into the inefficiencies in handling non-sterile implants and instrument sets.
Historically, handling and managing these items has required deep knowledge and expertise, both in the specific channels – Spine, Trauma, Craniomaxillo Facial, etc., but also in the specific product lines within those channels. Developing that expertise required years of training and practice. By creating an image-based tool to compare the tray or set being processed with a picture of what that particular tray or set is supposed to look like, VisiTouch allows new operators to work faster and more accurately than an operator relying on years of “tribal knowledge”.
Users start by logging into their WebOps account and accessing the “check-in tag” section. Once the kit ID number is set, our system automatically publishes all product information including a picture of the kit. Once accessed, the next step is to hover over the part in question to manage each instrument’s information, including its Quantity On Hand and location. This makes managing your inventory easier than ever with increased visibility and immediate data capture. Users are also able to set each kit to automatically reorder when stock is low and set alerts to notify of any expired or soon to be expired inventory. This can be a game changing resource, especially when dealing with highly customized inventory that needs extra accountability.
As time goes on more experts are predicting the increase in demand for customization of medical devices. In fact, Globenewswire reported “According to a recently published Fact.MR report, the global 3D Printing Medical Devices market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 14.5% between 2022 and 2032. The market is expected to reach US$ 11.5 Bn by the end of 2032.” This growth is largely driven by the need for customizable medical devices that match the needs and body types of each individual patient. The responsibility to track these individual instruments from supplier to manufacturer to consumer can be a daunting task that many hospitals are expected to undertake more frequently. Not to mention the carrying cost to maintain these products can be much higher than your average inventory. With this new technology professionals can track a multitude of instruments within sets from any location. The ability for every stakeholder to log in from anywhere in the world and see the real time status of each instrument is invaluable.
Whether in the OR or in the warehouse, the accessible, immediate and accurate data needed to successfully manage inventory is required to achieve optimal returns. These past two years have highlighted multiple supply chain issues, especially in healthcare. We aim to help professionals in the field fill in these holes and cut human error with this easy-to-use inventory tool.
With the continuing rise in dental school inventory demand this platform allows RSDM to meet this demand, and is also expected to save money on inventory waste. Erin Bauzyk, Executive Director of Information Systems and Technology for RSDM has already seen the improvements in inventory management, saying WebOps “provides a much better view of what we have, and where it is.” This is exactly what our developers envisioned when developing this platform.
In a typical session, dental students all descend on the dispensaries at about the same time, twice a day. It was critical to Rutgers and WebOps to ensure the tool was extremely user friendly, and that it makes the check-out and check-in process more efficient for the students and dispensary staff. Students can also have confidence that their owned equipment is fully accounted for, and that purchase records are accurate. Staff members scan the student’s id badge along with all the items the student is checking out. The data is uploaded to WebOps, which monitors both returnable and consumable items and the expected due-back time. At check-in time, both student and dispensary staff can see any discrepancies or missing items, and resolve those on the spot. This leads to less inventory loss and waste while shortening the entire loaner process for both parties.
Staff will also no longer have to manually order new instruments and can rely on the platform to automatically reorder supplies when stock levels are low. However, that is not the end of the tracking benefits. The dispensary platform alerts staff members when the instruments are nearing expiration. With our system staff members can decide how to manage near expired inventory rather than accidentally leasing expired instruments to students.
The successful launch of WebOps Dispensary in the RSDM clinics is only the beginning. Additional functionality is coming this summer as WebOps connects the RSDM sterilization suite to Dispensary. Once completed, instrument movements within the sterilization suite will switch from requiring manually log-ins and make the switch to seamless automation. The Graduate dispensaries will also be added.
“Ultimately, the WebOps system will handle the lifecycle of clinical materials throughout the organization,” Bauzyk said. Our team at WebOps is looking forward to our continued work with the dental professionals at RSDM.
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With the continuing rise in dental school inventory demand this platform allows RSDM to meet this demand, and is also expected to save money on inventory waste. Erin Bauzyk, Executive Director of Information Systems and Technology for RSDM has already seen the improvements in inventory management, saying WebOps “provides a much better view of what we have, and where it is.” This is exactly what our developers envisioned when developing this platform.
In a typical session, dental students all descend on the dispensaries at about the same time, twice a day. It was critical to Rutgers and WebOps to ensure the tool was extremely user friendly, and that it makes the check-out and check-in process more efficient for the students and dispensary staff. Students can also have confidence that their owned equipment is fully accounted for, and that purchase records are accurate. Staff members scan the student’s id badge along with all the items the student is checking out. The data is uploaded to WebOps, which monitors both returnable and consumable items and the expected due-back time. At check-in time, both student and dispensary staff can see any discrepancies or missing items, and resolve those on the spot. This leads to less inventory loss and waste while shortening the entire loaner process for both parties.
Staff will also no longer have to manually order new instruments and can rely on the platform to automatically reorder supplies when stock levels are low. However, that is not the end of the tracking benefits. The dispensary platform alerts staff members when the instruments are nearing expiration. With our system staff members can decide how to manage near expired inventory rather than accidentally leasing expired instruments to students.
The successful launch of WebOps Dispensary in the RSDM clinics is only the beginning. Additional functionality is coming this summer as WebOps connects the RSDM sterilization suite to Dispensary. Once completed, instrument movements within the sterilization suite will switch from requiring manually log-ins and make the switch to seamless automation. The Graduate dispensaries will also be added.
“Ultimately, the WebOps system will handle the lifecycle of clinical materials throughout the organization,” Bauzyk said. Our team at WebOps is looking forward to our continued work with the dental professionals at RSDM.
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