The mc communicator is the overarching platform to ensure strategic purchasing within hospital purchasing pool that are not operated under a central IT system.
The different stock lists of the individual members of the pool are synchronised with the reference database mc navigator . A common database for all members is thus created, without having to change the existing IT systems and data. mc communicator is the BI centre of major purchasing pools.
Facts
- Group-wide benchmarks for consumption and price information
- Deposit of supplier price lists in a normalised data format
- Deposit of central prices for the strategic purchase for the pool members
- Deposit of tender prices
- Deposit of the normalised order data of all pool members
- Individual analyses for specific questions
Benefits
- Up-to-date data base for the strategic purchasing within a purchasing pool
- Simple access to central prices for the pool members
- Effective benchmarking between the pool members