title: Enterprise resource planning: case history. Optimizing the supply chain.
abstract: A common materials management platform standardizes products, improves payment controls and enhances decision support for a Minnesota IDN.
authors.affiliation: Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grove
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008910:Minnesota; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D018511:Systems Integration