January Updates

These updates reflect ongoing refinements to make Inventory Ally even more predictable, accurate and easy to use as your hospital operates day-to-day. While a few changes are visible, most improvements are behind the scenes—focused on strengthening data integrity, streamlining workflows, and supporting confident, consistent ordering.

🔌 Integrations

Cornerstone Direct Integration (Beta)

Inventory Ally now supports a direct integration with Cornerstone, designed to enhance data accuracy and reduce manual steps. This integration is currently available to select hospitals as part of a controlled beta rollout.

Patterson E-Commerce Improvements (Beta)

Targeted enhancements to further strengthen connection stability and ordering behavior for hospitals using Patterson e-commerce. This integration is currently available to select hospitals as part of a controlled beta rollout.

✨ Product Enhancements

Additional Insights for Margin and Markups

You can now easily toggle between Profit Margin, Markup, and Markup % when reviewing PIMS mappings—making it simpler to align Inventory Ally with how your hospital evaluates financial performance.

Bulk Preferred Vendor Updates (Beta)

Set a preferred vendor for multiple items at once directly from Inventory Settings, reducing repetitive setup and saving time. This feature is currently available to select hospitals as part of a controlled beta rollout.

Want List Sorted by Date

Want List items are now displayed in the order they were added, helping teams review, prioritize, and act on requests more efficiently.

🛠️ System Refinements

Improved Inventory Calculations

Enhancements to how merged item data is handled ensure continued accuracy across depletion dates, usage, and cost calculations. Sales totals shown in PIMS mapping now consistently reflect full item history.

More Resilient VetCove Uploads

Additional safeguards improve upload handling during onboarding and prevent duplicate processing, ensuring cleaner data from the start.

Smoother Merging & Counting

Refinements to merge behavior and filtered views improve usability during counting and list cleanup, reducing interruptions during routine workflows.

Performance & Stability Enhancements

• Faster item detail loading
• Improved background processing
• More reliable vendor data syncing

✅ What This Means for Your Hospital

Clean, reliable data you can continue to trust

Fewer interruptions to daily ordering

Less manual cleanup over time

Greater confidence in recommendations and reporting

If you have questions or want help understanding how these updates fit into your workflow, your Inventory Ally team is here to support you.