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THE CHALLENGE. The control of textile inventories poses the largest single problem to potential buyers & users of textile products. There are no viable products or systems on the market today that will assist with the solution to this problem….. Except those offered by PHS!.
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THE CHALLENGE • The control of textile inventories poses the largest single problem to potential buyers & users of textile products. • There are no viable products or systems on the market today that will assist with the solution to this problem….. • Except those offered by PHS!
“The central laundry is charging us $.35 a pound, I can get it done for $.25 a pound.” PENINSULA HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC. “The Best of the Past, the Essence of Today, the Wave of the Future”
Cost Per Pound Vs Cost Per Patient Day • Cost Per Pound is the traditional measure of laundry efficiency. • Cost Per Patient Day is more meaningful. • The Best Way for a laundry to lower the Cost Per Pound in the attempt to look efficient is to increase poundage in the facilities they serve. • Unfortunately, this increases the Cost Per Patient Day!
Cost Per Pound Vs Cost Per Patient Day • Facilities should not fall into this Cost Per Pound Trap!
Cost Containment in Linen Service • Bottom Line Cost Has Four Elements. • PROCESSING COST. • LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION. • REPLACEMENT COST. • DISTRIBUTION & COLLECTION. • Other laundries have concentrated on productivity & “Cost Per Pound.” • Users have not managed consumption.
Peninsula Hospital Services, Inc. Newport News, Virginia • The PHS Linen Management System Addresses the Bottom-Line Cost of Service
Peninsula Hospital Services, Inc.Newport News, Virginia • PROCESSING COST • Minimal debt. • Reliable. • Good quality work. • Efficient. • LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION • Data Based Management. • Customers are networked on the computer.
Peninsula Hospital Services, Inc.Newport News, Virginia • LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION (continued) • Linen Use Policies & Procedures. • Hands on In-Facility Management. • REPLACEMENT COST • Prospective addition of new linen by Use Area. Credits can be issued for surplus linen. • Adjusts to fluctuations in Census or Workload. • Equitable charging for Linen Replacement. The PHS Linen Management System does not Average Replacement Charges.
Peninsula Hospital Services, Inc.Newport News, Virginia • DISTRIBUTION & COLLECTION • Willingness to manage In-Facility Systems. • Experience with In-Facility Systems. • Data Based Management. • Use Area deliveries & Mgmt. Info Tracking. • SMALL ACCOUNT SERVICES • Smaller trucks. • Immediate Even-Exchange/Credit for surpluses.
The PHS Linen Management System • An absolute must in order to control linen consumption & to minimize or eliminate linen replacement expenses. • The system is a linen control system; not a linen supply system.