What if procurement could also impact patient outcomes?
Gore information for health care providers involved in the purchasing of medical devices
Simplify your purchasing process with Gore
Streamline your purchasing with our real-time inventory management, customizable loan options and efficient returns processes. Our systems provide accurate inventory information, while electronic data interchange (EDI) eliminates manual paperwork, potentially saving up to 70%‡ on time and processing costs. Let us handle the details, so you can focus on what matters most.
A seamless supply chain experience from order to delivery
Our services deliver value even before you receive them: Gore's seamless product ordering and delivery process helps eliminate wasted time, money and worry by shortening the path from our warehouse to your O.R.
Streamlined delivery saves time and minimizes inventory
Inventory management
Order only what you need and send back what you do not use
Free next-day delivery
Pre 9:00 a.m. delivery upon request
Avoid overstocking, cancelled cases and sourcing alternatives
Real time inventory
Avoids manual counting with electronic consignment checks
Electronic data interchange (EDI) saves time and reduces complexity
Seamless electronic buying
Up to 70% potential savings in time and order process cost
Reduced administrative burden
Order accuracy of 99.95% in the last two years reduces errors related to manual order errors
Adopting global standards
Gore is proud to be an active member of the National Transformation Task force of the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world – the GS1 Healthcare Standard.
The GS1 Healthcare Standard is a global standardized system for traceability from product manufacture to patient treatment. These core standards help increase patient safety, drive supply chain efficiencies and reducing costs.1
These standards offer a solution that can resolve confusion by allowing automatic identification, traceability and data synchronization of medical devices throughout the entire global supply chain.1
In addition, Gore implements the use of Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs), which are the world’s most widely used identifier to help capture precise product information with a single identifier. The Gore’s 14-digit GTINs contain the barcode identifications of Gore as the manufacturer as well as the globally unique item reference number on the Gore Medical Products’ device packages. This helps provide a foundation for traceability to promote order accuracy and offers you a smooth ordering experience.
Global Location Numbers (GLN)
Globally unique 13-digit codes that identify physical locations or legal entities, such as a company or a division of a company
Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN)
Automated, standards-based, global environments that enable secure and continuous data synchronisation allowing all partners within the healthcare supply chain to have consistent GTIN and GLN item data in their systems concurrently.
Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs)
Provided in human-readable form and within barcodes, these codes appear on Gore Medical Products’ device packages, identifying Gore as the manufacturer as well as the globally unique item reference number.
eCl@ss (Release 13.0)
The industry standard for the classification and specification of products and services includes information around product attribution instantly available along the entire value chain.
For more information about GS1 and Data Synchronisation, contact us at mpdcustomercare@wlgore.com.
Multiple ways to order
For each country Gore has selected primary trading partners as for example GHX and EDICOM. If you do not use these EDI partners or have additional inquiries, contact our team at gorempdedi@wlgore.com to help answer any questions.
- Supported transaction types:
- 850 purchase order
- 855 acknowledgement
- 810 invoice
- 856 dispatch advice
* Based on the specialty literature around order processing costs our assumption for time saving from manual to EDI order creation and placement is 70%.
GHX is a trademark of Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC.
EDICOM is a trademark of EDICOM CAPITAL, S.L.
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