1	Acumaxtm
2	Background World’s leading supply management and healthcare information technology company Fortune 18 Company $90 Billion in 2007 fiscal year sales Established in 1833 Headquarters - San Francisco, California
3	Pharmaceutical Distribution 31 Distribution Centers 30,000 Customers 1 million order lines shipped daily
4	Acumaxtm Plus Distribution Center Management System
5	Key Project Drivers Quality, Quality, Quality - Too many: In Stock Omits (Can’t Locate) Mispicks (Wrong Item shipped) Shortages (Billed, not shipped) Inventory management Accuracy poor Costly semi-annual physical inventories Cost containment Labor productivity low Supplies expense high
6	The Solution - Acumaxtm Wrist mounted wireless terminals Extensive use of bar codes Re-engineered processes around mobile computing Heavily modified software package Tight integration with material handling & host systems
7	Symbol Wearable System
8	Acumax Wireless Benefits Timeliness of Information Permits real-time workflow view/management Continuous cycle counting Provides multitude of data points Problem resolutions queries Personnel - management reporting What if analysis
9	Acumax Wireless Benefits cont.’ Cost effective Productivity gains Paper/printer elimination Employee satisfaction Prevents operator mistakes & rework Partners compete against themselves (and others!)
10	Acumax - How it Works Every process is confirmed real-time Receipt/Putaway/Replenishment Picking/Staging (on the shipping dock) Cycle counting/physical inventory Everything is bar coded and scanned Product Shelf & case storage locations/ Drop zones Moveable units (totes, pallets, etc.) Documents/personnel
11	Acumax Benefits Order error reductions In stock omits down 50% Mispicks & shortages down 65% Inventory accuracy improved Cycle count accuracy now 99.5% Physical Inventories replaced by cycle counting Order double checking reduced Productivity Average 8% improvement within a year
12	Acumax Wireless Issues Response time Need sub-second response time during picking Resolved by downloading trips Reception in narcotics vaults Need response time on par with other areas Resolved by additional, strategically placed, antennas
13	Projects Statistics Initial design - 4 months Build and test - 8 months Pilot (4 sites) - 16 months 5 team, 36 DC rollout - 44 months Total investment - $52 million