2006 GHX Press Releases

MONTREAL and TORONTO -September 28, 2006- Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) announced today that it has entered into a third-party sales support relationship with Logi D Inc. and its consulting services division, TRIAX Consulting®, to help Canadian hospitals improve their supply chain efficiencies. GHX provides an open and neutral electronic trading exchange, as well as complementary products and services, designed to improve the procurement-to-payment process in the healthcare supply chain. Logi D is a Quebec-based company that specializes in the implementation of hospital material management solutions based on leading worldwide practices. Through this relationship, GHX and Logi D will focus their combined efforts on the unique needs of the Quebec marketplace, as well as other selected areas of Canada. In Quebec, most commercial documentation supporting healthcare supply chain transactions is still paper based, although hospitals and suppliers in the Province have demonstrated a growing interest in automating their supply chain information flows through the expanded use of eCommerce. As an example of this growing interest, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal has been transacting business since January 2005 with more than 10 suppliers via an integrated solution between GHX and CGI (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.SV.A), an information technology and business process services provider. GHX has also helped Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal reduce purchase order errors by cleansing its internal product database with supplier verified data in the GHX AllSource™ content repository and improve process efficiencies by being able to send and receive a variety of supply chain documents, including purchase orders, purchase order acknowledgements and electronic invoices. “GHX is working with other members of the Quebec healthcare market to replicate the success achieved at Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal,” says GHX Canada General Manager Nils Clausen. ”By partnering with Logi D, we can ensure our ability to provide locally based support, solutions and services that meet the unique characteristics and needs, including bilingual communication, for this critical Canadian healthcare market. Logi D and its TRIAX Consulting® services division have proven their expertise in the implementation of healthcare supply chain solutions, which fully complement the technological capabilities provided by GHX.” Under the terms of the third party sales support relationship, Logi D will provide consulting, account management, and business development services for GHX at hospitals in the Province of Quebec, as well as other selected areas of Canada, that have implemented or are interested in implementing GHX’s eCommerce and supply chain solutions. Logi D will also provide GHX with market intelligence and information on product development requirements unique to the Quebec market. “Facilitating the availability of GHX’s solution to Canadian hospital fits very well with Logi D’s overall objective of making leading worldwide material management practices available to Canadian healthcare institutions,” says Logi D Founder and President Richard Philippe, “Both GHX and Logi D have built successful relationships with hospitals across Canada, including those in Quebec. By drawing upon our past individual successes, we can combine our services to accelerate automation of the healthcare supply chain in Quebec.” More than 260 hospitals and 40 suppliers are currently transacting more than $200 million annually in business through GHX in Canada. About GHX GHX empowers healthcare organizations to reduce costs and improve margins. This is achieved by delivering tools and services that automate processes and increase knowledge-based decision making. Service offerings include: * Exchange services that support trading partner connectivity and provide electronic transaction sets, order validation and reporting tools * Content services utilizing the GHX AllSource® product content repository as the foundation for data synchronization and advanced content services * Contract services that maximize contract utilization * Procurement services that enable automation of the requisitioning process * Business Intelligence reports designed to provide strategic decision-making data * Pharmaceutical business solutions allowing manufacturers to gain control over rebate and contract management processes * Sales force automation services that allow healthcare manufacturers to streamline field sales processes and improve staff efficiencies Logi D Inc. Logi D was created in January 2000 to offer Canadian healthcare institutions hospital logistics solutions based on leading worldwide practices. Logi D acts as a distributor and integrator of unique solutions sourced world wide that bring substantial value to their clients’ logistic processes. Notably, Logi D is known for having introduced the two bin replenishment system to healthcare institutions in Canada. Logi D’s services division, TRIAX Consulting®, is a leading Canadian consulting services group with international scope specializing in healthcare logistics. TRIAX Consulting® provides logistics analysis and optimization consulting services to healthcare institutions as well as support and project management in the implementation of leading practices. The expertise and international reputation of TRIAX Consulting® is rooted in many years of experience in the healthcare sector. The overall objective of Logi D inc. is to provide healthcare institutions with access to hospital logistics solutions and expertise founded on in-depth knowledge of leading international logistics practices in the healthcare and industrial sectors and to adapt these practices to there clients' particular environments in order to optimize returns.
Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 Posted by host
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