Inventory Articles

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Eighty Strips or Eight Hundred Capsules: Getting the Pack Column Right

A distributor bills in strips and a pharmacy sells in capsules. Both are right - and taking the quantity from one with the rate from the other is how a shelf count ends up a tenth of what arrived, with the margin on every sale reading as a loss.

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A Week of Distributor Bills, Without Typing Them

Four bills, three distributors, ninety-odd lines - and an evening gone. Purchase entry is the longest unpaid job in a medical store, and most of it is retyping something the distributor already has in a file.

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Taking Stock: Counting a Pharmacy Without Closing It

Most medical stores count their shelves once a year, on a Sunday, and argue about the differences on Monday. There is a calmer way to do it - and the differences are the point, not the problem.

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How to Manage Pharmacy Inventory Like a Pro

Reduce expiry losses, optimize stock levels, and improve efficiency with smart inventory management techniques.