We have participated in the preliminary consultation and implementation of the informatization construction of thousands of medical institutions. In the process of communication and cooperation with medical institutions (including public medical institutions and private medical institutions), we know that most medical institutions have clear needs for supplier collaboration and refined management, especially private medical institutions. Here, we summarize several major issues that medical institutions are concerned about in this regard:
1. How to reduce procurement cost by optimizing supplier relationship management?
The procurement cost mentioned here mainly refers to two aspects: time cost and expense cost.
The so-called time cost mainly refers to the time-consuming performance tracking, difficult reconciliation and time-consuming and labor-intensive information management caused by the untimely synchronization with suppliers’ information, the lack of information support in the procurement process and the inability to effectively trace historical and process information.
The cost is also closely related to two aspects: First, most medical institutions under the current medical group are decentralized procurement, and there is no obvious distinction between different material procurement strategies. There is no corresponding procurement strategy from the perspective of collectivization, and there is no bargaining advantage, which is not conducive to reducing costs. Second, there are many suppliers, there is no effective selection system, and the monitoring and follow-up analysis mechanism of the cooperation process with suppliers has not been established. In the long run, the relationship with suppliers has not formed a virtuous circle, which will also increase the procurement cost, not only in terms of price, but also in terms of manpower.
2. How to improve procurement efficiency by optimizing supplier relationship management?
The traditional procurement mode of medical institutions is as follows: medical institutions send out procurement requirements by offline means such as mail, telephone or WeChat-suppliers receive the requirements-transfer to internal inventory for delivery-materials in medical institutions’ warehouses are delivered and used. On the one hand, the communication with suppliers may not be timely, on the other hand, the communication process is not effectively recorded, and the follow-up inquiry is inconvenient. Under this mode, the procurement efficiency is relatively low.
From the perspective of supplier management, in the process of medical institutions screening qualified suppliers, long-term cooperative suppliers and even strategic suppliers, there is no complete supplier life cycle management and no information platform support, which has caused great difficulties; Moreover, due to the lack of effective performance management for suppliers, it is impossible to eliminate the fittest or help suppliers improve, and the process of sourcing will be more time-consuming and labor-intensive.
3. If procurement compliance is ensured by optimizing supplier relationship management.
Under the premise of compliance operation, medical institutions pay more and more attention to the compliance of procurement, especially private medical institutions and foreign-funded medical institutions.
However, at present, the supplier’s access process is relatively extensive, which may only be a simple information record. From the perspective of qualification management and audit, medical institutions are very strict in the qualification management of suppliers, but the supplier’s qualification certificates, such as business license, GSP certificate, GMP certificate and product registration certificate, need to be mailed and filed in paper, which is inconvenient to query, and it is easy to be found and processed in time due to expiration or omission.
In addition to the above qualification review and access standards, the compliance management of the cooperation process between medical institutions and suppliers is also an important part. For example, under the traditional procurement mode mentioned above, the procurement process lacks information tracking, and the communication process cannot be traced back to the whole process, which has great compliance risks. Once problems occur, they cannot be traced back to the source, which brings great risks to the procurement of medical institutions.
Going in both directions can lead to win-win cooperation. Modern medical institutions need to build a supplier relationship management platform to support the internal and external collaboration of medical institutions, and help medical institutions solve many problems in the process of supply chain management, so as to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Kangbojia Supplier Relationship Management Platform (KTSRM) is an interconnected procurement business platform based on SaaS model, which is dedicated to helping medical institutions improve their partnership and improve the efficiency of supply chain. Now it has served suppliers and medical institutions in the 2000+ medical industry.
1, vertical to the medical industry, focusing on medical institutions.
Combined with the characteristics of the medical industry, Kangbojia KTSRM has built-in qualification control exclusive to medical institutions in its products; Functions such as peer, batch, serial number control, etc.
2. Cloud deployment, accumulating a large number of high-quality suppliers and reducing procurement costs.
Kangbojia KTSRM is a SaaS platform. With the arrival of a large number of medical institutions and suppliers, it has accumulated a large number of suppliers, broadened the scope of supplier selection, facilitated the selection of high-quality suppliers, reduced procurement and management costs, and shortened the sourcing cycle.
3, supplier collaboration, improve procurement efficiency:
Kangbojia KTSRM supports the coordination of purchase order, purchase delivery, invoice and payment, which greatly improves the procurement efficiency and ensures the procurement supply.
4. Manage the whole life cycle of suppliers to ensure the compliance of procurement.
Kangbojia KTSRM management covers the whole life cycle of suppliers, including registration, qualification review, qualified cooperation, performance evaluation and elimination; Ensure the compliance of procurement.
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