Healthcare

DB Schenker expertise in Healthcare

We’ve seen our health care costs skyrocket over the last decade, yet wait times for essential procedures and line-ups in Emergency rooms seem to be getting longer -- not shorter. That’s why health care providers are constantly identifying ways to cut non-essential costs and allocating all available resources to helping us all live happier, healthier lives.

Efficiencies are being created through hospital and health care centre consolidation: by grouping several facilities together under centralized administrative control, health care providers reduce overhead costs and streamline operational procedures. The downside is that managing the supply chain for multiple facilities can be a logistical nightmare. That’s where DB Schenker is doing its part.

DB Schenker’s logistics and warehousing expertise, coupled with its top-notch inventory control and ordering systems, ensure that each facility’s stock rooms are always replenished with exactly the right number of items – at the right time.

Centralized warehouses, staffed by experienced DB Schenker logistics personnel, means less inventory needs to be housed at each location, thereby freeing up space for more beds and essential services.

DB Schenker also helps health care purchasing staff identify areas of product duplication, and learn what steps can be taken to consolidate orders and reduce suppliers to simplify their purchasing and payables processes.

Finally, by consolidating and regulating delivery times – often at night – DB Schenker ensures there are fewer delivery vehicles on the road during peak daytime hours, therefore reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions. That’s good for everyone’s health.

SCM for large health care facilities shouldn’t be foremost on the minds of health care providers. They should be concerned with our health. DB Schenker can help.