Use case: Materials management
Every shelf. Every site. In real time.
Genesis tracks consumables, implants, tissue and equipment from receipt to the patient, so par levels follow real use, expiring stock is caught early and every location is visible from one screen.
Trusted by 400+ hospitals and healthcare organisations to track clinical inventory from the dock to the bedside.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust case study
£10M+
Stock value brought into visibility
University Hospitals Plymouth case study
77
Clinical work-days returned to patient care each year
University Hospitals Plymouth case study
£90K
Stock savings delivered
Tallaght University Hospital Scan4Safety case study
€7,000
Inventory waste removed in the first phase
The problem
You cannot manage what you cannot see
Hospitals carry an extraordinary range of stock: low-cost consumables, high-value implants, consignment and loan sets, tissue, medicines and equipment. Most of it is managed with manual counts, par levels set years ago and a storeroom view that stops at the department door.
And because nobody has a reliable picture of what is held, working capital stays tied up on shelves that finance cannot see.
The symptoms are familiar. Shelves overflow with items nobody uses while the item a surgeon needs is out of stock. Products expire unnoticed. Consignment stock is used but not recorded. Clinical staff spend hours counting and chasing instead of caring for patients.
Scanning products before surgery improves patient safety by reducing the risk of human error and, due to automatic electronic stock replacement processes, reduces the likelihood of operations being cancelled. Staff morale has also been increased because they can spend more time caring for patients, rather than on the reordering and re-equipping of stores.
Mark Brinsden
Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
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A day in the life
A day in the life: a materials team on a Wednesday
Two versions of the same day. One team is working from clipboards. One is working from Genesis.
Without Genesis
With Genesis
The morning count
07:30
Receiving
09:00
An expired pack
11:15
Consignment
14:00
Reordering
16:30
Scanning products before surgery improves patient safety by reducing the risk of human error and, due to automatic electronic stock replacement processes, reduces the likelihood of operations being cancelled. Staff morale has also been increased because they can spend more time caring for patients, rather than on the reordering and re-equipping of stores.
Mark Brinsden
Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Solutions
How Genesis closes the gap
Inventory control is not one count. It is a record that has to hold from the dock to the patient, for every kind of stock the hospital carries.
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One record for every kind of clinical stock
Consumables, implants, medicines, PPE and consignment stock on one record, from receipt to the patient. Material management, implant tracking, consignment management and recall management are included.
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Track tissue and equipment with the same rigour
Complete chain of custody for tissue from donor to patient, with storage condition monitoring. Care-critical equipment is tracked as it moves, with maintenance and replacement schedules built in.
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Capture consumption where it happens
A single scan at the point of use updates stock, records the item to the patient and logs usage, so the inventory record reflects what was actually used rather than what was assumed.
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Right-size par levels with real data
Dashboards for stock value, expiry exposure and consumption by location show where working capital is tied up and where par levels can safely come down.
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Case study
University Hospitals Plymouth: time and stock returned to patient care
Common questions, answered directly
Frequently Asked Questions
ERPs manage supplies up to the warehouse. Genesis extends visibility and control into the clinical setting, with implant tracking to the patient, tissue chain of custody, recall traceability and scanning at the point of use.
Yes. Owned, consigned and trial stock are visible together, with change of custody tracking for every item.
Yes. Genesis is purpose-built for GS1 scanning. UDIs, lot numbers, serial numbers and expiry dates are captured in a single scan.
Par level recommendations are based on actual consumption patterns and supplier turnaround, so working capital can be released without increasing stockout risk.
Genesis maintains a central recall repository sourced from the MHRA, with the ability to load manufacturer-direct recalls. Recalled items are flagged the moment they are scanned anywhere in the system.
Yes. Inventory can run standalone or as part of the wider platform. Many customers start with Inventory and expand from there.
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