Hospital and medico-social logistics: Agence nationale de la performance sanitaire et médico-sociale (Anap) and France Supply Chain by Aslog sign partnership agreement 

Anap is keen to support the transition of hospital and medico-social logistics to Supply Chain, and to promote the use of technological solutions to make it more efficient. The aim of this partnership with the France Supply Chain association is to share expertise and carry out joint actions to make the Supply Chain a performance lever at the service of nursing time, and the quality and safety of patient care. 

A partnership with a shared strategic vision of the supply chain 

Anap, a public consultancy and expertise agency, is dedicated to helping healthcare and medico-social establishments improve their performance. It offers professionals a wide range of publications, tools and support in the field of logistics. 

For many years, France Supply Chain by Aslog has supported the hospital sector through its work and actions, notably through its Commission Logistique Hospitalière (COLOGH). 

The Supply Chain encompasses all the purchasing, inventory management and replenishment activities required for the provision of hospital services. It guarantees the quality, safety and efficiency of the logistics process, from supplier to patient .

Developing collaboration between supply chain players and the hospital and medical-social sector 

Pooling skills for concrete action 

To help logistics and purchasing professionals in health and medico-social establishments improve their skills, France Supply Chain has developed a Supply Chain Excellence Standard tailored to the healthcare sector, and has set up working groups to share knowledge. 

Anap's experts will draw on these working groups to develop new products on the themes of automation/robotization, digitalization, sustainable supply chain, reduction of drudgery in logistics, decarbonization of transport, and so on. 

Anap is also looking to strengthen its logistics intervention and field support capabilities by integrating France Supply Chain audits. These audits will be conducted jointly by experts from the Anap network and supply chain experts who are members of France Supply Chain. 

From left to right: Yann de Feraudy, President of France Supply Chain, and Stéphane Pardoux, Managing Director of Anap, at the signing of the partnership at Santexpo. 

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