Überbestände und Ablauf von Verbrauchsmaterialien

Definition

Australian physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinics are advised to maintain adequate stocks of consumables and small equipment to ensure continuity of care and compliance with infection‑control and clinical standards.[1][8] Without barcode‑based or software‑driven inventory systems, clinics commonly rely on manual counting and adhoc orders. Industry case studies for healthcare inventory systems in Australia describe frequent stockouts and overstocking before implementation, with inventory optimisation described as a direct way to increase profitability.[1] In small outpatient settings, consumables typically represent 5–10% of revenue; international healthcare supply studies (applied by analogy to Australian therapy clinics) show 10–30% of consumables value is often written off due to expiry, obsolescence or over‑purchasing when there is no structured inventory management. For a small practice spending ~AUD 20,000 per year on consumables, this equates to AUD 2,000–6,000 in avoidable write‑offs per year, and for multi‑site providers it scales linearly into the tens of thousands.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Allied health and therapy clinics in Australia 🇦🇺 easily waste AUD 2,000–10,000 per site annually on expired or unused consumables. Automation of par‑level control, expiry tracking and reorder rules in the inventory process eliminates most of this loss.

Affected Stakeholders

Practice owners, Clinic managers, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Speech pathologists, Procurement officers

Related Business Risks