Consignment Tracking in Lawson

dechevar

We currently are utilizing Lawson to track consignment and have run into several issues. I feel the biggest issue has been the fact that clinicians are managing the consignment and they do not have supply chain experience and therefore do not understand the impact of the transactions they create.

Please provide feedback on whether or not you track consignment in Lawson (why or why not), pain points/suggestions, whether you would be open to a conference call if you do. I am available if you have questions on our process.

We are a 5 hospital systems and currently have about $6 million in consigned inventory. I have attached an assesment of our current situation for review. I am not looking to implement another solution, at this point, it is either in or out of Lawson. I personally am a strong proponent of "in".

Thanks,

Dan Echevarria
Director, Supply Chain Support
Premier Health

0911060553270289.pdf

lattisha-hicks

We have been using Lawson to track and manage consignment items in 4 of our facilities for a number of years now.

The decision to do so is similar to your points. Manage and control significant dollar value items. Even though not owned we consider the supplies as a potential liability for our organization for supply costs owed to the supplier. We wanted to rely on our data to know the on hand quantity and not what the sales rep was telling us we needed to submit a PO to replace.

I briefly reviewed your document and you are addressing the issues that arise.

Challenges have been with the site staff not always correctly managing the supply. Adjusting the initial on hand quantity into inventory rather than the IC20 receipt. The IC12 not set up as consignment when the items are received.

A major win is knowing the value of the consignment which was unknown before holding the info in Lawson. Now we know there are 10 + million dollars in consignment across multiple locations.

Rework when transactions are not processed correctly still occur and the impact is to our Finance department and central Supply Chain Management department to investigate and resolve impact can take hours.

In spite of the issues, I believe it is still the right choice to make.