Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) are transforming hospital inventory management. By combining Kanban and PAR systems in a single intelligent device, hospitals can eliminate waste, automate restocking, and gain real-time visibility across all departments. Unlike traditional ESLs, IDENTI’s Digital Display Tags support both inventory workflows in one platform, streamlining operations and enabling smarter supply decisions.
Hospital inventory teams face constant pressure to maintain stock levels, reduce waste, and quickly respond to patient care needs. Managing Kanban and Periodic Automatic Replenishment (PAR) systems separately often leads to duplicated workflows, isolated data, and preventable errors. IDENTI’s Digital Display Tags solve this by supporting both inventory methods in a single hospital inventory management platform, offering teams unified data and control.
Now, hospitals can automate restocking, assign the right replenishment method for each item or bin, and capture all inventory activity in one cloud-based platform.
Why a Hybrid Electronic Shelf Label System Modernizes Hospital Supply Chains
With IDENTI’s electronic shelf labels allow hospitals to choose the best approach for every supply type. Kanban, a visual pull-based system, is ideal for high-volume, predictable consumables. PAR, a push-based system, maintains fixed stock levels for critical or high-cost items. With a hybrid system, hospitals can optimize hospital inventory management without juggling two separate workflows.
Key benefits of the hybrid model:
Workflow Flexibility
- Assign Kanban to high-velocity consumables and PAR to critical or high-cost items – all in one system.
- Customize your inventory management approach for every department.
Automated Replenishment
- Trigger restocking via button press (Kanban) or stock threshold (PAR).
- Reduce delays, errors, and manual tracking efforts.
Optimized Inventory Levels
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Avoid overstocking, understocking, and expired supplies.
Unified Data, Unified Strategy
- Both workflows connect to the cloud-based IDENTIPlatform.
- Analytics, reporting, and forecasting are fully integrated across all supply types.
How AI and Predictive Analytics Power a Smarter Hospital Supply Chain
Every reorder request, whether triggered by a PAR threshold or a Kanban signal, is captured in real time and sent to the cloud-based IDENTIPlatform, which leverages AI and predictive analytics to turn your inventory data into actionable insights.
With IDENTI’s hybrid electronic shelf label system, hospitals can:
- Monitor and analyze usage trends over time
- Identify abnormal consumption patterns early to prevent disruptions in care.
- Forecast future needs using historical trends
- Make better, data-driven supply decisions
By integrating both workflows into a single, intelligent platform, hospitals can lower operational costs, reduce waste, and free staff from the burden of manual tracking, empowering hospital inventory management efficiency and smart supply decisions.
Seamless Integration for Hospital Supply Management
The hybrid ESL solution, a key part of modern healthcare logistics technology, integrates seamlessly with your existing ERP, MMIS, and materials management platforms. Each bin activity, whether a tap, request, or restock, is digitally recorded, ensuring a complete audit trail without increasing manual tasks for staff.
And because the system uses cellular connectivity, not hospital Wi-Fi, there’s no disruption to your existing network or dependency on its performance.
One Solution for Every Supply
Whether managing specialized suture kits in the OR, essential syringes in the ED, or routine wound care supplies on a med-surg floor, IDENTI’s Digital Display Tags and cloud-based platform offer real-time visibility and smarter analytics that hospitals need to master their inventory and streamline operations.
Simplify. Unify. Optimize.
IDENTI’s electronic shelf label offers a comprehensive hospital inventory management software designed to revolutionize your supply chain strategy. By supporting both inventory methods in a single device, hospitals can eliminate redundancy, streamline operations, and create a smarter inventory system from the inside out.
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