Celebrating Our SAP Modernization Program
Collaborative implementation will harness MMC’s powerful data analytics & automation capabilities to help hospitals thrive
Mohawk Medbuy’s (MMC’s) national office in Burlington ON was the site of a celebration earlier this week. Teams from MMC, project partners and participating Member hospitals gathered to celebrate our SAP Modernization Program – a multi-year, transformational journey driven by a common vision and commitment to excellence.
“We’re so pleased to gather with our project Members and partners to celebrate this first of many milestones,” said Tom Warner, MMC’s Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Business Analytics. “The SAP Modernization Program represents our collective dedication to innovation, collaboration and achieving strong outcomes. I’m confident it will create new opportunities, drive growth and provide lasting value for our Members.”
The current SAP system utilized by numerous MMC Member hospitals is due to be modernized and upgraded to the latest version. While we modernize, we’re also aligning the system provided to our Members with MMC’s Microsoft Dynamics Business Central contract and item repository – an extensive single source of truth for items purchased by our Member hospitals. Through our not-for-profit, shared services model, Mohawk Medbuy, participating Member hospitals and project partners are working together to leverage the best of these two worlds. Following a rigorous assessment phase, participating Members have selected a private, cloud- and software-as-a-service- (SaaS-) based application architecture from SAP. Members have also selected Deloitte as the project’s integration partner.
Harnessing the strengths of both ERP systems allows MMC to drive more value for Members. By implementing a modern ERP solution that integrates with MMC’s robust data repository, participating Member hospitals will have access to analytics and insights that support a resilient health care supply chain. The new SAP solution will also strengthen the hospitals’ security posture and enable automated workflows that can generate savings and modernize hospital finance operations.
“The SAP Modernization Program is positioning these hospitals for the future,” said Andy Canham, President, SAP Canada. “We have a brand-new platform that has capabilities like generative AI, along with analytics and insights that can really help hospitals understand how to leverage the information they have to improve patient care.”
“Our focus is on outcomes – the value at the end of the project. And the value here is not only technical outcomes, but also business and clinical outcomes,” said Debra Sandomirsky, Partner, Life Sciences & Health Care, Deloitte. “We’re bringing an experienced team to the table that really understands the business issues the hospitals face. Even though this is a back-office system, it’s a business transformation that is also clinical transformation. With modernization, there will be better information about the patients and for the hospitals, which improves clinical outcomes.”
The new system is scheduled to go live in May 2026.
More About Hospital ERP Systems
With multiple sites and constant inflows and outflows of patients, supplies and staff, hospitals are highly complex and busy organizations. ERP systems are at the heart of supply chain operations by ensuring the right items are in the right place at the right time to deliver the best possible patient care. Operating largely behind the scenes, ERP systems link core elements of the supply chain together, including sourcing, procurement, inventory management, supply disruption management, logistics, finance / billing, health information and others. An ERP system integrates all the data generated from these hospital functions in real time – enabling smooth operations, supporting efficiencies and yielding data-driven insights.
Investing in ERP modernization is a key undertaking for hospitals as they seek to optimize their operations and thrive in an increasingly complex digital era.