Ensure accurate linen inventory in the healthcare industry
Discover 4 ways commercial laundry solutions facilitate accurate linen inventory to boost healthcare operations.
Ensure accurate linen inventory in the healthcare industry
Discover 4 ways commercial laundry solutions facilitate accurate linen inventory to boost healthcare operations.
Accurate linen inventory is vital in healthcare. Sterile sheets, gowns, and towels are essential for patient care and hygiene. While this may seem like a clear-cut process for hospital staff and linen managers to comply with, the issue of linen shortage has hit the South Australian healthcare industry hard in recent years.
According to an article by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), only five sets of linen sheets were available for use for up to 28 beds in a hospital ward. A union representative also confirmed that delays in laundry washing contributed to a bed shortage crisis in South Australian hospitals.
Linen stock shortages can disrupt hospital operations and compromise patient safety. In addition, managing linen in a busy healthcare setting can be challenging, leading to poor utilisation of linen items as well as linen items going missing due to theft or misplacement. This creates a stressful situation for linen managers where restocking linen items becomes a guessing game.
This is why healthcare facility managers should turn to commercial laundry solutions. These services offer the technology and expertise to streamline inventory management, prevent linen loss, and ensure healthcare facilities have the linen stock they need.
Accurate linen inventory is vital in healthcare. Sterile sheets, gowns, and towels are essential for patient care and hygiene. While this may seem like a clear-cut process for hospital staff and linen managers to comply with, the issue of linen shortage has hit the South Australian healthcare industry hard in recent years.
According to an article by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), only five sets of linen sheets were available for use for up to 28 beds in a hospital ward. A union representative also confirmed that delays in laundry washing contributed to a bed shortage crisis in South Australian hospitals.
Linen stock shortages can disrupt hospital operations and compromise patient safety. In addition, managing linen in a busy healthcare setting can be challenging, leading to poor utilisation of linen items as well as linen items going missing due to theft or misplacement. This creates a stressful situation for linen managers where restocking linen items becomes a guessing game.
This is why healthcare facility managers should turn to commercial laundry solutions. These services offer the technology and expertise to streamline inventory management, prevent linen loss, and ensure healthcare facilities have the linen stock they need.
How do commercial laundry solutions ensure accurate healthcare linen inventory?
Real-time tracking of linen items
With the help of RFID tags attached to a linen item with a unique identification number, information is automatically transferred to a reader and cloud-based software. This empowers linen managers and hospital staff to locate any linen item instantly, from anywhere, which facilitates smoother operations and ensures optimal linen inventory control.
Automated counting of linen inventory
Say goodbye to time-consuming and error-prone manual linen counting. Commercial laundry solutions leverage smart software that seamlessly integrates with washing machines and dryers. This intelligent system automatically tracks each linen item throughout the entire laundry cycle, ensuring highly accurate inventory management at one’s fingertips.
Optimised linen usage with data-driven insights
Move beyond guesswork and embrace data-driven linen allocation with this solution. The software analyses historical data on linen usage across various departments and throughout the week. These valuable insights allow you to identify usage patterns and predict future needs, reducing the risk of linen shortages and preventing unnecessary stockpiling.
Reduced linen loss to boost cost-savings
Lost linen items drain resources and disrupt everyday operations. RFID tags ensure real-time tracking throughout the laundry lifecycle which minimises misplaced items. The software also generates alerts for missing items, allowing for prompt corrective action. This translates to improved operational efficiency, reduced costs, and optimal patient care.
Bundle Connect enhances linen inventory accuracy
Bundle Connect is a cutting-edge laundry management system designed to enhance linen handling efficiency for businesses. This advanced technology leverages cloud capabilities to read information from RFID chips embedded in linen items, providing real-time location tracking and significantly reducing the likelihood of lost items due to theft or misplacement.
By utilising Bundle Connect, businesses can substantially reduce their expenditure on replacing lost items. The user-friendly interface allows customers to easily place orders through the software, ensuring a seamless and efficient process.
The system automates billing, invoicing, and delivery requirements, ensuring a precise order-to-invoice process. Additionally, it alerts linen managers when stock levels reach below the established level, enabling them to place orders for more inventory and avoid overstocking or stockouts.
Bundle Connect also provides valuable insights into linen usage, including the number of times an item has been laundered and when it is nearing the end of its shelf life. This information empowers linen managers to make informed decisions about the quality of linen used in daily operations, ensuring optimal efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Bundle Connect is a cutting-edge laundry management system designed to enhance linen handling efficiency for businesses. This advanced technology leverages cloud capabilities to read information from RFID chips embedded in linen items, providing real-time location tracking and significantly reducing the likelihood of lost items due to theft or misplacement.
By utilising Bundle Connect, businesses can substantially reduce their expenditure on replacing lost items. The user-friendly interface allows customers to easily place orders through the software, ensuring a seamless and efficient process.
The system automates billing, invoicing, and delivery requirements, ensuring a precise order-to-invoice process. Additionally, it alerts linen managers when stock levels reach below the established level, enabling them to place orders for more inventory and avoid overstocking or stockouts.
Bundle Connect also provides valuable insights into linen usage, including the number of times an item has been laundered and when it is nearing the end of its shelf life. This information empowers linen managers to make informed decisions about the quality of linen used in daily operations, ensuring optimal efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Client success stories
"The transition to Bundle has been instrumental in Allied Laundry continuing to drive change and business improvement by providing real-time customer ordering information, streamlined ordering, and billing processes and have enabled a considerable reduction in staff time. The system has been a real success story for Allied Laundry."
Mark Mabbet
Allied Laundry Service
"No question is a stupid question in the eyes of the Bundle team. Their customer service, expertise and knowledge ensured a smooth transition for me when I purchased my business. The system is user friendly and easy to navigate, while syncing seamlessly with my accounts package."
Geraldine Minogue
Associated Laundry Services
Since the transition from a manual, paper-driven system to Bundle, the time spent managing orders through to invoicing has been reduced by some 75%. From an administrative perspective, it is far easier to track the progress of orders, respond to queries (and resupply dockets).
The management abilities for individual account needs with set days, recurring orders, fixing cut-off times, adding notes to orders and pick-ups means that all relevant persons have the same information.
Customer support is also given a high priority and queries and concerns are met promply and efficiently.
Cynthia Hertrick
Blueline Laundry
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FAQs
Commercial laundry machines are built to handle heavy usage and large volumes of laundry, which means they’re way more durable and efficient than your typical household machines. They often come with features such as steam cleaning and sanitising, which can be huge advantages for businesses that need quick and efficient laundry services.
Household laundry is pretty straightforward. It’s all about washing and drying clothes for personal use. Commercial laundry, however, is about tackling massive amounts of linens and textiles for businesses like hospitals, hotels, and restaurants. It requires specialised equipment and processes to handle the heavy use and high volume of these items.
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