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 A Fortune 500 Healthcare Distribution Company

Our client is a Fortune 500 company that is a leading distributor of medical and surgical supplies to the acute-care market and a leading healthcare supply chain management company.  


Client: A Fortune 500 Healthcare Distribution Company
Technology:
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
Industry: Healthcare
Service: Enterprise Portal


The Challenge
Our client desired a solution to standardize documentation associated with their compliance process, establish a system of record for compliance-related control data that manages repetition of data across documents, and facilitate routine compliance processes such as control test administration, document review, and reporting.


The Solution
Ironworks built a customized Compliance solution leveraging Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 (MOSS).  The solution provides a base framework that allowed the client to efficiently organize and facilitate their compliance process each fiscal year, and is comprised of the following core features:
  • Custom interfaces that serve as replacements for Compliance documents that capture financially relevant processes, risk assessments, control testing documentation, and deficiency management.
  • A centralized database to serve as  a single source of record for control data
  • Workflow to facilitate
    - Document review/approval by compliance management
    - Deficiency notification/response from control owners
    - Control Testing procedure review and approval
  • Reports that aggregate risk mapping coverage/gaps and internal control testing/assessment status

The aforementioned solution features were then tailored to the client’s compliance function and procedures, drawing on the knowledge of Ironworks’ experience in the compliance advisory services practice.



The Results
  • Reduction in manual data entry/updates across various compliance documentation
  • Enhanced capability to report on Enterprise Compliance process status, risk coverage, and deficiencies
  • Effective categorization, tracking, facilitation, and yearly archival of internal control documentation and assessments
  • Enhanced security by leveraging role-based use of compliance information

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