For the past 20 years, we’ve proudly partnered with thousands of non-acute care facilities to help improve and optimize supply chain processes. Together, we’ve witnessed the transformative power of materials management automation, helping your organization save both time and money while delivering exceptional patient care. We’ve worked together to streamline workflows and reduce waste, and seen how automation has become one of the most effective ways to increase cost efficiencies.
In recognition of our 20th anniversary, we’ve highlighted 20 ways that Envi has helped improve your materials management processes, and create smooth, efficient and automated operations.
1. Inventory Optimization: When you proactively manage inventory, you reduce overstocking and stockouts, ensure optimal inventory levels, and reduce spend.
2. Reduced Labor Costs: As you’ve increased automation you’ve minimized manual processes, paperwork, counting and data entry, freeing up your team for more critical tasks and often reducing the need for additional personnel.
3. Improved Order Accuracy: Using Envi, you’ve automated ordering to reduce human errors, leading to fewer costly mistakes and reorders.
4. Faster Supply Replenishment: With Envi’s auto POs, you’ve improved reordering processes by automatically generating POs when inventory hits a predefined threshold.
5. Enterprise Control: Because you use Envi, you see every transaction across your facilities, increasing enterprise visibility for supply and price management. You can assign access based on user roles and set up approval processes for system-wide control.
6. Waste Reduction: By improving the way supplies are tracked and managed, you’ve helped ensure items are used before expiration, minimizing waste for your facilities.
7. Streamlined Workflow: Envi’s automation of your best practice processes has reduced manual tasks, leading to more efficient workflows and faster decision-making.
8. Enhanced Supplier Management: Now you can track supplier performance, which can help improve your contracts and supplier relationships.
9. Real-time Data Analytics: Automating with Envi gives you access to analytics and reporting tools, allowing for better decision-making and more strategic purchasing.
10. Minimized Shipping Costs: Envi has helped you consolidate orders and optimize deliveries, reducing the frequency of rush orders and related shipping fees.
11. Compliance and Reporting: Today you have better tracking of supplies coming into and being consumed by your organization, helping ensure compliance with regulations and generating reports needed for audits.
12. Increased Staff Productivity: By automating routine tasks, you’ve created more time for patient care and reduced administrative processes, improving overall productivity.
13. Price Accuracy: Envi helps ensure you’re paying the same price for products throughout your enterprise, so you always get your best available price on supplies.
14. Improved Forecasting: Envi tracks your ongoing spend, which over time, creates accurate purchase history. Now you can predict future needs and forecast more accurately to avoid over- or under-buying.
15. Better Contract Management: Envi helps you track contract terms and expiration dates, so you’re able to take full advantage of pricing agreements and avoid expirations.
16. Enhanced Patient Safety: With Envi, you can be sure the right supplies are always available and up to date, so your supply chain processes are contributing to better patient outcomes.
17. Interface Engine for Improved Data Integration: Envi APIs work with your existing technology investments, increasing supply chain integration while maximizing the value and capabilities of connected systems.
18. Ease of Use for Buyers: With Envi’s templates, you’ve made it easy for buyers to request the supplies they need. It’s fast and simple for the buyer, keeps spend on-contract, and ensures “right product, right price” every time.
19. Understand Consumption and Spend: With Envi, you can track product usage by department, physician, preference cards, procedure, and patient from multiple storage locations. This is where you build visibility to spend, costs and profitability.
20. Industry-wide Community of Best Practice Processes: The entire Envi family is committed to sharing best practices across the Envi user community. We’re proud that the most often noted feature by Envi users is the exceptional client support and Envi training resources available to our users to help maximize their supply chain success.
By partnering with the community of Envi users, we’ve continued to transform Envi and look forward to our future together. Advancements in AI, automation, and integration with key systems means the value delivered can get even greater, as we work with you to optimize operations, reduce costs, and focus more on delivering quality patient care. It’s our honor to be your partner in transforming care through a more effective and efficient supply chain!
