Hospital System Using Akro-Mils Products to Go Mobile Relocation of active departments in a medical facility is a daunting process. Materials managers at a Midwestern medical system — with multiple locations serving more than 1 million patients annually — discovered how challenging it can be as they moved departments as part of a construction project at the system’s main campus. A Massive Move A team led by the system’s materials management director was tasked with coordinating the logistics of moving multiple departments as the medical system expands its main campus facility. The team designated a floor to temporarily accommodate units that were displaced during the project, the director says. Once a unit’s new space was completed, the department moved again. But the materials managers fo

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