Page 60 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch May 3, 2013 Celebrate Years Of OC Family Fun 50 SATURDAY, MAY 4 • 9 A.M.-5 P.M. Play Mini Golf For ¢ Per Player Per Game 50 SAFARI VILLAGE AT OUR 136TH STREET CARIBBEAN PIRATES, INDOOR SAFARI VILLAGE & FAMILY ARCADE Shore Bank has announced partnerships with the Onancock and Parksley Volunteer Fire Companies. Pictured, from left, are Onancock firefighters Justin Bizzotto, David Mason and B.W. James; Shore Bank’s Adam James, Assistant Vice President/Commercial Relationship Manager, Tom Mears, President and CEO, and Doug Cook, Chief Lending Officer; and Parksley firefighters Freddy Matthews and Philip Kelly. Submitted Photo ... Business & Real Estate News FROM PAGE 58 chasing News (HPN), which provides clinical intelligence for supply chain leadership monthly in print and daily online, named the Central Sterile Processing team at Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC), as its 21st Annual Sterile Processing & Distribution (SPD) Department of the Year Award recipient. Embarking on a process improvement initiative three years ago, PRMC applied Lean methodologies and Six Sigma tools to construct new surgical suites and renovate existing ones as part of a 50,000-square-foot expansion master plan. Led by Eddie Conklin, Central Processing Manager, Surgical Services, PRMC’s CSP team overcame barriers and pain points that had left a legacy of poor customer service and quality control issues. “PRMC’s CSP team clearly demonstrated a desire to toss out the status quo even though the odds and perceived peer pressure seemed to run counter to their success,” HPN Senior Editor Rick Dana Barlow said. “Collectively, this team persevered through thick and thin, and their customers, as well as PRMC patients, are better off for it.” With a lofty “breakthrough goal” of having everything the OR needed for the day processed by 7 a.m. that day, the CSP team tested and tried a series of “extreme schemes” to come up with one high performing hybrid model. As proof of concept, since October 2010, PRMC’s CSP has reduced inventory by $350,000 in the first year, inventory touch time by four hours per day and obsolete products by 2 percent per year. They improved service levels to 99 percent from below 50 percent and saved 50 percent of space by “right-sizing” inventory and storing it at the point of use. They’ve been stockout-free for more than a year, and cycle times dropped to more than eight hours from 72. “Peninsula Regional has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to using LEAN principles to improve processes and in turn patient care across all continuums,” said Steve Leonard, Vice President, Operations Optimization and Innovation at PRMC. “It’s rewarding to see the dedicated and innovative work of our Central Sterile Processing team recognized nationally with this prestigious honor.” Call: 888OLDPRO1 (888-653-7761) & visit us at www.oldprogolf.com Visit our other locations at: 23rd St., 28th St., & 68th St.