GUY ' S AND ST THOMAS ' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
“ So , from a sustainability perspective , benefits around energy efficiency , and from a cost perspective , double-digit percentage savings in terms of having a larger single contract , a multi-year contract and developing a partnership with Apogee going forward .”
Following this , Lawson delves into another strategic partnership as he talks about some of the challenges that the Trust faces in terms of risk management , particularly in its supply chain , which is a critical phase in ensuring fast and reliable patient care .
CEVA Logistics works with Guy ’ s and St Thomas ’ to manage its offsite Supply Chain Hub : a necessary response to the coronavirus pandemic that supported deliveries to the hospital and supported the wider London Region . To help gauge the scale of the task , Lawson says : “ We previously had over 40,000 trucks arriving into the two Trust campus sites , which equated to a truck delivery hitting one of our loading bays every three minutes .”
While the offsite Supply Chain Hub , based in Dartford , was primarily a response to COVID-19 , the organisation has now set up an in-house wholesaler within the facility , a process that was implemented based on new insights from the pandemic . “ For just over 1,000 high-risk product lines , we hold about a month ’ s worth of inventory to enable a same-day delivery service to over 50 Main Theatres ,” says Lawson .
The logistics firm is also working to support the Trusts sustainability strategy with the adoption of bio-fuel and electric vehicles for bulk consolidated deliveries , together with a pilot of a river cargo service
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