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Today, ROi is one of the healthcare industry’s leading supply chain management companies. With more than $670 million in contracted purchasing volume and more than 1,400 members. ROi provides purchasing, product and pharmaceutical distribution services, and custom procedure tray manufacturing from our distribution operation at the Consolidated Services Center (CSC) in Springfield, MO. More than four hundred contracts are managed from ROi’s GPO contracting operations at our headquarters in St. Louis, MO.

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Ranks Second in International Healthcare Top 25 List

(November 2009) – ROi, the Sisters of Mercy Health System’s (Mercy) supply chain operating division, has been ranked second in the world in the AMR Research Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2009, behind Johnson & Johnson. Learn more and view the entire list.

CSCMP Explores

(April 2009) – ROi's success is the subject of the entire spring 2009 issue of CSCMP Explores, a members-only magazine of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). The article, written by ROi President Vance Moore, chronicles ROi’s creation within a fragmented healthcare supply chain system, its success in establishing a new model, and its influence on patient safety/clinical quality success with projects such as Mercy Meds, Mercy SafeWatch and the Mercy Safety Center. The article also explores how ROi’s success has led to international recognition and some of the innovative solutions ROi currently is implementing to address future challenges.

Materials Management in Healthcare

(December 2008) – ROi was cited in the December issue of Materials Management in Healthcare as an example of commitment to data standard adoption due to participation in several global data standards pilots and internal integration of global locator numbers into the Lawson supply chain management system.

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News Releases

• February 9, 2009
  Lynn Britton Named President/CEO of Sisters of Mercy Health System
• November 20, 2008
  Resource Optimization & Innovation Adopts GS1 Healthcare Standards
• May 2, 2008
  Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi) Names Dooley Vice President of Group Purchasing
• April 25, 2008
  Sisters of Mercy Health System Honored for Innovative Improvements to Supply Chain
• January 11, 2008
  Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi) Celebrates Five Years of Supply Chain Success
• July 5, 2007
  Sisters of Mercy Health System Introduces Private Label Products
• November 9, 2006
  Sisters of Mercy Health System Honored as Supply Chain Innovator of the Year

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