Safety considerations will be taken care of by having chains of approved dealers who meet manufacturers' technical standards for repair and maintenance work.
The recent spate of accidents in the garment trade, especially in Bangladesh, where in addition to the building collapse more than 100 have also died in factory fires over the past year has led labor unions and worker-safety groups to press Western retailers to tighten oversight of their supply chains.
Over the last 20 years or so it has expanded its mission from reducing costs in hospital supply chains to also aggregating hospital data for information on quality, safety and lab data.