Product Information Revolution in UK Healthcare

Product Information Revolution in UK Healthcare

In a series of four short articles, I will be exploring the information challenges and opportunities for hospitals presented by the eProcurement Strategy for the UK National Health Service (NHS). The Strategy includes a mandate that means any service or product...
What’s wrong with the Spreadsheet PIM? Part 2

What’s wrong with the Spreadsheet PIM? Part 2

Carrying on from my What’s wrong with the Spreadsheet PIM? Part 1 blog post, today I’ll share with you the importance of controlling your product data and offer an alternative to the spreadsheet PIM. Spreadsheets do not provide the mechanisms to control...
What’s wrong with the Spreadsheet PIM? Part 1

What’s wrong with the Spreadsheet PIM? Part 1

The Spreadsheet is the software equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife for many businesses, it’s a Business Intelligence (BI) tool, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, an Accounting system, a Warehouse Management System (WMS), but above all, it’s the world’s...
ABHI eProcurement Conference

ABHI eProcurement Conference

GS1 & PEPPOL Standards in Healthcare – The flip side, how ready and how prepared is the industry to react? While I was away in Brussels at the GS1 Belgilux Forum, LANSA was also sponsoring an event closer to home – the Association of British Healthcare Industries...