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MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Purchasing, Inventory Management and Print Shop

Purchasing, Inventory Management and Print Shop all function under the title of Materials Management and employ approximately 30 full-time, part-time and casual employees.

Purchasing strives to ensure necessary supplies, equipment and services are provided to South-East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), with equal consideration given to quality and delivery. Purchasing is also responsible for developing and monitoring procedures to standardize and reduce duplication with an overall goal of decreasing costs. An average of 12,000 purchase orders is processed each year.

Services provided by Purchasing:

  • Purchase and distribution of non-stock items
  • Contract management
  • Sourcing (locating vendors to supply specific goods)
  • Prioritize SERHA's equipment needs and put forward for purchase approval
  • Product evaluation and standardization
  • Tender management
  • Expediting and backorder management
  • Shipping (including special goods, such as specimens and dangerous goods)
  • Receiving
  • Maintain Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) databases
Inventory Management orders, controls, supplies and distributes inventory of all general stores and processes the supplies. More than six million line items are picked each year.

Services provided by Inventory Management:

  • Purchase of stock items
  • Analyze inventory
  • Distribution
  • MacFiles (forms management and distribution)
  • Stock issues to customers
The Print Shop provides SERHA with the majority of their printing needs, including forms, using duplicators, photocopiers and other related equipment. More than three million images are produced each year.

Services provided by the Print Shop:

  • Replenishment of inventory
  • Printing services
Mission:
The role of Purchasing, Inventory Management and Print Shop is to achieve economy while optimizing quality in the supplies and services offered throughout SERHA and in the communities we serve.

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