More Than 100 Healthcare Providers Use Mobile Applications From Lawson Software
More than 100 healthcare providers now use advanced, mobile supply chain offerings from Lawson Software, including Baylor Health Care System, Torrance Memorial Medical Center and Valley Care Health System. These three providers are among the latest customers to license one or more of Lawson's mobile supply chain offerings Par & Cycle Counting, Receiving & Delivery, and Surgical Instrument Management to help control supply chain costs, automate materials management processes and optimize inventory management. The three contracts were signed during Lawson's second quarter of fiscal year 2008, which ended Nov. 30, 2007.
The applications leverage advanced barcode scanning and wireless data transmission throughout the materials management cycle, helping enhance receiving, delivery and inventory processes. By helping to automate and standardize these processes, the applications help ensure faster and more accurate supply tracking and replenishment.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, an existing Lawson customer, licensed both Par & Cycle Counting and Receiving & Delivery. The medical center will use the applications to help improve overall supply management by more efficiently managing its par locations and improving package processing. These process enhancements, in turn, will help the hospital increase its supply chain efficiencies, reduce supply costs and improve staff productivity. For example, the hospital will use Par & Cycle Counting to automate the maintenance and counting of par and inventory areas so it can replenish supply levels more quickly and accurately.
Lawson's wireless technologies were a natural fit for our complex receiving, delivery and inventory management processes, said Sharif Abdul-Hafiz, project manager, Torrance Memorial Medical Center. The applications flexibility and real-time tracking and reporting capabilities enable us to provide timely information to managers spread out across warehouses, storerooms and other inventory locations.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center is a 376-bed, non-profit medical center that serves residents of the Los Angeles South Bay region. Torrance has approximately 2,700 employees.
These customers join a growing number of healthcare providers that are incorporating wireless applications into their supply chain processes to control costs, said Stacey Hicks, healthcare marketing director for Lawson. Our industry-leading mobile supply chain applications continue to help hospitals nationwide increase staff productivity and reduce supply costs.
Lawson serves more than 500 healthcare industry customers representing more than 4,500 facilities, including eight of the top 10 integrated delivery networks. The company also serves managed care systems, academic medical centers, hospitals, clinics, physician group practices, home healthcare, long-term care and other health services enterprises. Lawson solutions help healthcare organizations manage their business so they can focus on their patients, automate and streamline materials management for a better bottom line, and overcome the challenges of the labor shortage.
About Lawson Software
Lawson Software provides software and service solutions to 4,000 customers in manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries across 40 countries. Lawson's solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications. Lawson solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses or organizations by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business or operational performance. Lawson is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., and has offices around the world. Visit Lawson online at www.lawson.com.
SOURCE: Lawson Software