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PAH 7

香港政府

GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES TO GO COMPUTER ISED SOON

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THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS TO GO COMPUTERISED' SOON WITH THE AIM TO ATTAIN MORE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL INVENTORY CONTROL AND TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

THE CHANGE-OVER WILL INITIALLY AFFECT ONLY THE DEPARTMENT'S 'UNALLOCATED STORES' IN THE MAIN DEPOTS - THE NORTH POINT

EADQUARTERS AND KOWLOON CENTRAL STORES. ITEMS VALUED AT $47.1 MILLION - ABOUT EIGHT PER CENT IN VOLUMN OR

THIS WILL INVOLVE SOME 7.400 70 PER CENT IN VALUE OF THE TOTAL STOCKHOLDING.

THE TOTAL STOCK HELD IN THE DEPARTMENT'S MAIN DEPOTS AND SUB-DEPOTS AT THE BEGINNING OF FINANCIAL YEAR 1976/77 COMPRISED ABOUT 96,000 ITEMS VALUED AT $67.3 MILLION.

THE COMPUTERISED SYSTEM IS NAMED IMPACT' WHICH MEANS INVENTORY, MANAGEMENT, PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTING, CONTROL AND TECHNIQUES.

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THE IMPACT' SYSTEM WILL IN ITS INITIAL PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION DEAL WITH COMMODITIES UNDER GROUP 'C' HELD IN THE DEPARTMENT'S MAIN DEPOTS WHICH INCLUDE DRUGS, PHARMACEUTICALS, CHEMICALS, DRESSINGS, LABORATORY AND HOSPITAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT.

COMMENTING ON THE COMPUTERISATION SCHEME, MR. STEPHEN TAX, SENIOR SUPPLIES OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S DATA PROCESSING DIVISION SAID THAT THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE THE MANAGEMENT WITH IMMEDIATE ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF STOCKHOLDING, DEMAND HISTORY, PROVISIONING AND ORDER ING STATUS THUS THE BEST INVENTORY CONTROL TECHNIQUES CAN BE DETERMINED AND EXERCISED TO THE EFFECT OF IMPROVED SERVICES ITH MINIMUM STOCKHOLDING.

THE PROVISIONING AND PROCUREMENT SEGMENT OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH VARIOUS ORDERING AND FORECASTING FACTORS AND STRATEGIES ARE

IN INCORPORATED ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF INDIVIDUAL COMMODITY, CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROCUREMENT FUNCTION AND THEREFORE EVERY REPLENISHMENT OF STOCK CAN BE TIMED TO ACHIEVE THE BEST PURCHASE.

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FURTHERMORE, THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE FORECAST AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE USER DEPARTMENTS. MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE REMINDED FROM TIME TO TIME OF ANY CHANGES OF THESE REQUIREMENTS AND ANY NECESSARY REPLENISHMENT OR PROGRESS ACTION.

THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO REPORT DELAY WHEN CONFIRMATION OF PICKING AND DELIVERY ARE NOT INPUT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE FEEDING IN OF THE REQUISITIONS FROM THE USER DEPARTMENTS.

+THIS MEANS A REQUISITION SHOULD BE CLEARED IN SEVEN DAYS INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT TEN DAYS TO TWO WEEKS, + MR. TAM POINTED OUT.

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

/THE 'IMPACT!