Fisher HealthCare and Lawson Announce Healthcare Procurement Portal.HOUSTON--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 11, 1999-- Fisher HealthCare, an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of Fisher Scientific Fisher Scientific, formally Fisher Scientific International, Inc. and colloquially Fisher was a biotechnology company that provided products and services to the global scientific research and United States clinical laboratory markets. International (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FSH FSH follicle-stimulating hormone. FSH abbr. follicle-stimulating hormone Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH) ), has signed a new agreement with Lawson Software, the leading provider of Self-Evident Applications(TM) (SEA) for e-commerce. The agreement enables organizations to integrate the Fisher Scientific Web Site (www.fishersci.com) into the Lawson Insight(R) II HealthCare Buyer Service Center, a complete e-business solution for Internet procurement. The Lawson Insight Healthcare Buyer Service Center, scheduled for general availability in December 1999, functions as an enterprise gateway for materials managers, allowing them to shorten order fulfillment cycles, lower administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. and improve contract purchases. Organizations that use the Lawson Insight Healthcare Buyer Service Center are now able to place orders directly through the Fisher Scientific Web Site. Orders are then seamlessly integrated with the Lawson Purchase Order system without further buyer interaction. The Buyer Service Center uses standard electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) and Internet protocols to exchange business-to-business information. By centralizing and streamlining access to purchasing information and transactions, Fisher Scientific and Lawson are helping healthcare organizations create a much more efficient e-business supply-chain model. The Fisher Scientific Web Site allows users to search for more than 260,000 products online. Customers can place orders, review contract pricing, review order status and determine shipping status. A "virtual" shopping cart records the customer's selections. Special ordering tools include hot lists, a list of frequently ordered products, and templates, an entire shopping cart that is saved as a single unit. Customer sessions are protected with the most effective firewalls on the market. Transactions are completely secured and orders are processed in real time. The collaboration of Fisher HealthCare and Lawson Software helps healthcare organizations increase supply-chain efficiency and lower costs. Fisher Scientific International is the world leader in serving science, providing more than 260,000 products and services to research, healthcare, industrial, educational and government customers in 145 countries. |
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