Cost control through computerized materials management.
Material management is a chain that links every element of the supply function: requisitioning, purchasing, receiving storage and the user departments. This article presents three (3) major areas where an effective computerized materials management system can produce substantial savings. Central inventories, supply distribution, and purchases can all be positively improved.
D003201:Computers; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D007256:Information Systems; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*