Goodbye Summertime! Hello Fall!

The summertime officially ended its season early Friday morning, September 23rd, so we are throughly entrenched in the Autumn splendor of this fun season. Where I live, our weather is still warm but in other parts of the country, trees will begin turning the gorgeous colors of the season. Soon pumpkins will be purchased, carved, and set out on many front porches, to greet the trick-or-treaters of Halloween next month.

Here at Childrens of Alabama, our department is readying for the implementation of Stockstations to finally computerize our storeroom. With over 1,300 line items, we knew that a manual inventory system would not work, especially with the opening of the expansion facility next year. If that wasn't enough, we are also proceeding with a par optimization of our already installed Pyxis SupplyStations. Par Optimization is an inventory management service that analyzes your supply usage and current stock inventory. We found this to be very beneficial to us with one nursing area done in the Spring and plan to implement house-wide.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and is enjoying some of this beautiful weather where you live.

Nancy J.Webber, MPH, CMRP