PLS Trident

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PLS Trident

• Inventory Management

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Discussion

• Definition inventory
• Why its important
• My experiences
• Feedback
• What we have.

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Definition

• Inventory is a list for goods and materials,
• or those goods and materials themselves,
• held available in stock.
• Inventory management is the active control
• program which allows the management of
• usage, purchases and payments.

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Inventory Management

• Control method which allows you to
• Organize and manage your Budget
• Promotes good understanding and the capacity to
  control your financial costs

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Lab stock issues

• Compliance of staff in recording use
• Financial, statistical reports and Regulation
• Keeping within budget.
• Understanding stock usage.
• Getting best value from suppliers.
• High administration burden.

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Usual Feedback

• Stock control is
• Boring!
• No perceived advantage to the user.
• Someone else will do it.
• Are too busy to record the information.
• Leads to low compliance and poor control.

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Why is it important?

• Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA)
• Organize and manage your Budget
• Dont over or under stock.
• Promotes good understanding and the capacity to
  control your financial costs
• Proper management of depts. stock requirements

CPA Standards D3 Management of materials It is
essential to have proper management of all the
materials used in the provision of the service.
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What do people want?

• Wireless
• Micro-chips in kits.
• Smart fridges.
• Instruments that log and track usage.
• Automatic re-ordering of stock.
• Link with Procurement
• No additional cost to lab.

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What do people need?

• Independent package.
• Proven software and hardware.
• Bar code logging of product usage.
• Fulfils CPA requirements.
• Auto-shopping list when re-ordering.
• Useful/meaningful reports.
• Flexibility and easy to use.

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• PLS-Trident

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Why PLS-Trident?

• PLS?
• Pathology Laboratory System
• Designed by Path labs for Path labs
• Trident?
• Takes control over the 3 key areas
• Stock Management
• Equipment Management
• Purchase Management

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What is PLS-Trident?

• Electronic Stock Management system.
• Easy to use.
• Produces invaluable information.
• Installed in over 60 UK Pathology labs.
• Designed solely for Pathology laboratories

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What Trident offers

• Independent package.
• Proven software and hardware.
• Bar code logging of product usage.
• Fulfils CPA requirements.
• Auto-shopping list when re-ordering.
• Useful/meaningful reports.
• Flexible and easy to use

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PLS-Trident
A Trust Server
Clin. Chem
Haematology
Histology
Microbiology
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Delivery scanned into stock
Use Trident to place order
Goods arrive at Lab
Trident Cycle
Stock usage
Assess lab requirements
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What do firefly to offer?
Software, updates, pre-load all of your existing
data
Hardware
Installation

Training
Telephone Support
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Not just Stock Control

• PLS-Trident will
• Streamline the whole process.
• Offer meaningful and useful reports.
• Is easy for all staff to use.
• High compliance useful information.
• Full Audit trailing.
• Reduces administration burden

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PLS-Trident

• Inventory is a list for goods and materials,
• or those goods and materials themselves,
• held available in stock.
• Inventory management is the active control
• program which allows the management of
• usage, purchases and payments.

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PLS-Trident

• Control method which allows you to
• Organize and manage your Budget
• Promotes good understanding and the capacity to
  control your financial costs