1. Calgary 2007

2. Introducing e-optimization Past years of e-Business Important –EDI is a tool, a new media for conversation between suppliers and customers –However, to make life easier for both, we need an in-between: the carrier

3. Calgary 2007 The First Rule of e-Optimization Development must meet the needs of both the supplier and the client

4. Calgary 2007 Without a carrier

5. Calgary 2007 Life made easy

6. Calgary 2007 Actual Status of e-Business at CHUQ Transfer from manual procedures to electronic operations of sequential steps and hierarchical responsabilities, following provincial rules and regulations.

7. Calgary 2007 10 Steps to Acquire Supplies for a Quebec Hospital Recognition of needs Expression of needs Item data management Negociation Purchase Delivery and receipt Distribution Billing Payment Analysis and planification

8. Calgary 2007 EDI in the Supply Chain

9. Calgary 2007 What is it worth to you?

10. Calgary 2007 A Vision of the Future Automation of low value added activities to accelerate the purchasing process and to allow human resources to focus on high value added activities, still following provincial rules and regulations. The Second Rule of e-Optimization: –All transactions are legal, secured, controlled, stored in our systems and can be audited at any time

11. Calgary 2007 The 3 Steps of e-Optimization Pre-transactional Transactional Post-transactional

12. Calgary 2007 Pre-transactional Definition –Necessary to global e-optimization –Is your data clean enough? The Third Rule of e-Optimization –Every item must be under contract and included in the database

13. Calgary 2007 Pre-transactional Impact –Catalogue-based agreements Do we need an 840? What do we want from the 832?

14. Calgary 2007 Transactional Definition –Dialog between two poles –Most used electronic transactions 850, 855, 860, 865, 810, 824 The Fourth Rule of e-Optimization –Negociations will have to evolve towards catalogue based agreements between manufacturers and clients, with a low number of distributors being chosen to facilitate the introduction of the next two tools

15. Calgary 2007 Transactional New Tool –Phase 2 Catalogue based agreements Identical data in client’s and supplier’s systems Impact –Less suppliers for more manufacturers Targeted sectors

16. Calgary 2007 Transactional The Fifth Rule of e-Optimization –The number of distributors must be reduced to achieve better control and faster ROI The Sixth Rule of e-Optimziation –Reducing the number of unecessary human interventions in the objective, automation is the key

17. Calgary 2007 Transactional Another New Tool –RFID Logistic the private way Impacts –Health Center’s facilities will have to be modified –Logistical approaches will have to be discussed

18. Calgary 2007 How could 856 and RFID be integrated?

19. Calgary 2007 What is it worth to you?

20. Calgary 2007 Post-Transactional Evaluation of ROI Follow-up of purchases versus contract prices Production of intelligence

21. Calgary 2007

22. Conclusion