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Published on: June 11, 2012
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The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has consolidated six databases into one integrated facilities management system. In the first year of implementation, the system has saved about $150,000 by cutting personel costs and reducing inventory by 27%. Keys to successful implementation include completely shutting off the old system before starting up the new one and testing the system in-house to work out glitches before it went on-line.
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