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Bulk operations

Edit hundreds of preference cards in one click.

Stop touching every card individually when a supplier changes, a price jumps, or an item goes on backorder. Apply one change across every affected preference card at once — and verify it landed everywhere it should.

Bulk card editing demonstration: a single supply swap on a Laparoscopy cases card group propagates the change across six different surgical procedures including RA Whipple, Lap Chole, Lap Appy, Diag Lap, RA Chole, and RA Hysterectomy
Why it matters

One change. Every card. Every time.

The most common reason a surgical program's preference cards drift out of date isn't because no one cares — it's because making changes is tedious. When a supplier discontinues a product, a tariff hits an imported item, or your purchasing team renegotiates a contract, the work of updating every affected preference card individually can take hours or days. Most teams put it off. The cards get worse. The compounding cost of outdated cards is a real, measurable line item in your supply budget.

Bulk editing turns that hours-long process into seconds. Identify the change. Select the cards (or groups of cards) it applies to. Push the update. Every preference card reflects reality immediately.

How it works

Three steps. No spreadsheets.

  1. 1

    Pick the change.

    Find the item you want to swap, retire, or update. Specify what should replace it — or just remove it entirely.

  2. 2

    Select the scope.

    Apply it to a specific procedure group (like all laparoscopy cases), all cards for a specific surgeon, or every card in the facility. You decide where the change lands.

  3. 3

    Confirm and push.

    Review the affected cards in a preview, confirm the change, and watch it propagate. Every card updates simultaneously — and PREFcards logs the change for audit traceability.

What this unlocks

Real situations bulk editing solves.

Supplier changes

When you switch from one vendor to another for a high-volume supply, update every card referencing the old SKU in one operation.

Cost-driven swaps

When a tariff hits or a vendor raises prices, find a substitute and propagate it across every affected card immediately.

Stockouts and backorders

When something becomes unavailable, mark it everywhere it appears so OR staff aren't surprised mid-case.

Standardization initiatives

When you decide to standardize a suture pack or instrument set across all surgeons performing a procedure, push the new standard with one update.

Item naming consistency

Clean up inconsistent item names across decades of accumulated card drift in one operation, not card-by-card.

Compliance and recall responses

When a recall lands, immediately identify every affected card and remove or replace the recalled item facility-wide.

Stop touching every card individually.

See bulk editing — and the rest of PREFcards — in a 30-minute walkthrough tailored to your facility.

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