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. 2020 Apr 11;38(3):518–532. doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2020.04.002

Table 1.

Logistics and procurement improvements in the NHS experience (2005–2010).

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Consumable and clinical sales to the NHS (£million) n.a £ 829 £ 936 £ 1092 £ 1206 £ 1317
NHS Trusts price savings from NHS SC (% of sales) a n.a. 1.40% 4.20% 6.90% 4.70% 7.40%
NHs prices savings cumulative n.a. £ 12.00 £ 39.00 £ 75.00 £ 57.00 £ 97.00
On-line catalogue listing (No. Of lines available) 50,345 58,220 68,006 542,858 640,425 654,775
Delivery on time (%) n.a 99.49 99.11 99.31 99.14 98.36
Product availability (%) 98.23 98.3 98.34 98.67 98.67 98.72
On time in full (%) b n.a 86.64 88.3 88.94 89.08 88.77
DC stock cover in weeks (average per year) 3.18 2.65 2.92 2.85 2.69 2.62
a

NHS Trust price savings from NHS SC = {base line selling price (adjusted for inflation using the ONS quarterly indices) – today’s selling price} x volume sold by NHS SC. The base line for prices was established from a snapshot of prices on October 1, 2006. For new products no base line exists so it is created with the initial prices. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) quarterly indices is an aggregate indices.

b

The OTIF measure = % orders delivered in full x % orders delivered on time x % Customer Management System issues.