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German hospital purchasing association decides to use GLN
The German hospital purchasing association Einkaufskooperation kommunaler Krankenhäuser (EKK eG) has decided to use the GLN in order to optimize its e-procurement system, which it is implementing in order to help more than 40 hospitals coordinate their supplies.
In the course of this implementation, EKK has recognized the need for identifying not only each hospital, but also each individual delivery point within a hospital, such as a ward, clinic or cost center. This in turn enables direct delivery, in which, at the time of electronic order, the supplier is instructed by EDI which specific locations should receive which articles.
In this manner, the costly and time consuming practice of delivery to the hospitals' own warehouses is eliminated to make the procurement process more efficient.
For more information please contact Mrs M. Haehn.
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