TCS and SAP Bring IoT and Blockchain Powered Solution to Health care Surgical Kit Handling

TCS and SAP have partnered to launch SAP Leonardo powered Intelligent Field Inventory Management (iFIM) solution.

IoT (Internet of Things) and blockchain technologies are used in newly introduced solution to help medical device manufacturers to streamline surgical kit handling.

TCS's Intelligent Field Inventory Management (iFIM) solution helps already highly fragmented supply chain process of distributing Surgical kits to hospitals, collecting unused surgical kits from the inventory, ensuring surgical kit's efficacy and sterility along with their right delivery, notes the announcement.

Executive Opinion

Head, Life Sciences Business Group, TCS, Vikram Karakoti, said, "We have been partnering customers in the medical devices and life sciences industry, using our deep domain knowledge and expertise in digital technologies to reimagine key elements of their value chain and launch innovative products that give them competitive differentiation in a Business 4.0™ world. The iFIM Solution leverages SAP's intelligent enterprise portfolio to utilize IoT and blockchain to help our customers digitally transform their loaner and consignment kit business models and deliver superior outcomes for all stakeholders in their ecosystems."
Global Vice President, Life Science Industries, SAP SE, Carol Mackenzie, said, "We are excited to partner with TCS on this solution for the medical device industry. By leveraging TCS' industry expertise and commitment to quality delivery and customer focus, we are helping life science businesses make the transformational move to an intelligent enterprise."

Medical / Health care Surgical Kit Handling with an IoT and Blockchain Solution

Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is used to build traceability of inventory while blockchain technology is used to enable greater visibility of that inventory among manufacturers, distributors/representatives and hospitals.

SAP Leonardo IoT business and technical services enable TCS's iFIM solution to integrate with core systems. It also helps meeting business scale requirements of the life sciences supply chain. The solution further helps in improving patient outcomes, optimize field inventory and meet regulatory compliances, says the announcement.