title: Consignment provides alternative to stockless.
abstract: Purchasing for hospitals unable or not inclined to convert to stockless inventory, consignment can offer some of the same savings on inventory costs without imposing extra computer and tracking needs on materials management.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Wagner
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States