Healthcare Supply Chain Technology and Strategy

Automated Substitutions just got a lot easier..    A great way to earn more money and still provide the best level of service for your customer is through the use of Generic or Private Label products that offer the same quality at a better price and typically a higher gross margin. In the pharmaceutical world it's not only established business practice, it's a whole separate industry.  For Medical Surgical distributors and the rest of the Distribution world a private branded generic alternative has many benefits.  The MDS-Nx system easily allows you to designate alternate substitute item , Cross Sell Items and Up sell items to wring the most out of every line sold and every sales opportunity..  But hey. We digress,  As a distributor balancing the need to push those products with your customers preferences can be a problem.  We want to sell sell sell and the bottom can sometime be king however now we have both sides of the puzzle figured out f...

According to the Nacha/AFP Trends and Developments in Corporate Fraud Protection Report  (click here)...  The Good news is that Check Fraud is on the decline , the bad news is that it's still a big problem. As is Credit Card and Other types of fraud.  One way to the Scammers at their own game is Positive Pay.  See below for more..  “While the exciting and glamorous fraud topics today involve wire fraud, account takeovers, ID theft, and skimming, the results of the Association for Financial Professionals’ annual corporate fraud survey remind us that the most fraud vulnerable instrument available today is the paper check.” Richard Oliver, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank What is Positive Pay? Positive Pay is an automated fraud detection tool offered by the Cash Management Department of most banks. In its simplest form, it is a service that matches the account number, check number and dollar amount of each check presented for payment against a list of checks previously...

As an Update - April Fools may have hijacked our blog post this week.  Google's April Fool's Day Minion mike drop prank is spectacular failure -   ( Not our  Minions...)  Read Here  Join is for the IMCO 2016 National Convention April 25th - 27th to take advantage of our  Systems House Show Special.  Learn about our latest updates to the MDS System and speak with TSH Representatives. For this year’s IMCO show we invite you to take part in our #TSHMinionChallenge Bring us a picture of you with your favorite  Minion  or come by our booth to create your own pictures with our  Minion s then share it on social media with our hash tag  #TSHMinionChallenge during the show for a chance to win a new Apple Watch and a Free Corporate Website Makeover. Not going to be able to make it to the show ? Feel free to reach and email or call us and we will make sure to grab a minion  for you. For more information on TSH or MDS call The Systems Hous...