Device Technologies said it is currently considering how it can provide greater visibility to its supply chain for critical devices, such as ventilators, in light of the聽.
Device Technologies business systems manager Tiina Kontkanen said one of those approaches is the implementation freight management platform that can be embedded into existing systems to track and report on the movement of these devices.
Another way the company plans on lifting visibility of its supply chain, Kontkanen said, speaking as part an online 麻豆原创 event, involves improving the company鈥檚 data strategy and providing 鈥渟ome insights to the customers and our suppliers on our products鈥�.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 something that I think you have to just collaborate on, and I think that鈥檚 the key to agility and breaking some of those silos that are in place at the moment,鈥� she said.
Device Technologies CIO Graham Cronin agreed, pointing to how for instance, the company is accessing telemetry through its Da Vinci robot, a system that is typically used to assist surgeons during minimal invasive surgery.
鈥淲e have a direct link back with the manufacturer and on the telemetry of the procedures, on what the device is doing, how it鈥檚 operating, how it鈥檚 consuming its consumables,鈥� he said.
鈥淭hat is allowing us to give a better outcome to the surgeon and the hospital using that robot. And of course, better patient outcomes because we know that we鈥檙e making sure that the system is efficient and operating to the best level that it needs to.
鈥淚t鈥檚 also getting the telemetry back, and some of the diagnostics of those patient outcomes to improve the software that goes into them for future procedures.鈥�
Additionally, as part of its digital agenda, Device Technology has developed a surgery booking portal, which Cronin believes will help 鈥渄igitise the healthcare environment鈥�.
鈥淸It鈥檚] more so that we can react quickly to those changing events, also help organisations, hospitals, clinicians, and surgeons to be able to deliver a better patient outcome quickly, so that they can get their hands on to the equipment they require for any procedure or event that鈥檚 occurring,鈥� he said.
鈥淚t鈥檚 also about giving them a better understanding of that end-to-end supply chain, so that they can manage their patient lists, get patients out of hospitals a lot quicker with better healthcare outcomes.鈥�
The company is further enhancing its booking portal by reorganising the way it catalogues its 70,000 SKUs from surgery theatre equipment to radiology equipment and surgical instruments.
鈥淎 lot of the teams are starting to get the clinicians to focus on helping us to catalogue on what鈥檚 required and speed that up so that when we come out of [the coronavirus pandemic], there鈥檒l be a better array or catalogue digitally of what鈥檚 available across our systems,鈥� Cronin said.
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