eDC and eDC Gold

eDC

eDC is the NHS Supply Chain system in approximately 90% of NHS trusts offering smarter stock management for high volume, low value goods.

The web interface is used to create an authorised list of requirements including the set-up of product reorder and maximum stock levels.

eDC Gold

eDC Gold is an inventory management platform designed to manage consignment, high value and critical care products. Providing you with inventory visibility without license fees or upfront implementation costs, which are typically associated with healthcare inventory systems.

This is an extension of the current eDC system; both applications can be managed using the same personal digital assistant (PDA) device.

Additionally, providing your trust with the flexibility to tailor the levels of control needed by each department.

Currently, eDC is used in 90% of NHS trusts, and eDC Gold manages over £50 million of NHS inventory.

Use of eDC and eDC Gold

Both inventory management systems can be used in a range of different product categories including but not limited too:

eDC

• Demand visibility regardless of supply chain.
• Create requirements and demand for both NHS Supply Chain supplied products and products supplied outside of NHS Supply Chain.
• Monitor product demand through your full reporting suite, available in all areas where eDC is implemented.
• Access the NHS Supply Chain national catalogue alongside creating a local catalogue for non-NHS Supply Chain transacted products.
• With a dedicated Materials Management team, eDC reduces the need for clinical time and resources for demand management.

eDC Gold

As well as the benefits eDC offers, eDC Gold also delivers:

• Greater stock visibility with track and trace functionality
• Enriched management data through the capture of both batch and serial references, alongside product expiry dates.
• Reduce surplus and expired stock for high-value products. As a result, delivering both procurement savings and improvements to your internal supply chain stock.

Patient Safety

Patient care and safety are imperative. Our inventory management system works with the NHS national and global initiatives to increase patient safety throughout our supply chain. For example:

• eDC Gold is aligned to Scan4Safety through product traceability, supporting safety recalls and patient costing data.
• Never events. eDC Gold through improved inventory control on implantable devices by scanning on issue and receipt, theatre teams can reduce the risk of the wrong device being implanted.