This is an experience report on the process of implementing a computerized materials management system at the University Hospital of the University of São Paulo. The system was called Materials Management System (SGM). The process comprised four phases: choice of the model and information tool; restructuring of the logistic materials process at the hospital; restructuring of the support areas and establishment of the SGM system itself. A study carried out at the Surgical Center after the establishment demonstrated that, when comparing materials consumption and inventories in the SGM with the Traditional System, the consumed quantity and the cost of inventory materials at the Unit decreased.
Nursing; Materials management, hospital; Automatic data processing