PharmaLog - logistics system for pharmaceutical wholesalers
For 30 years we are developing software systems which fulfil the special - primarily logistical, IT needs of pharmaceutical wholesalers
Pharmaceuticals - special product
Pharmaceuticals are products which have one of the greatest value density and are distributed in great volumes. They have been at the forefront of logistical development for decades. The newest technologies emerge in this sector. Pharmaceuticals are also special products in the way that their distribution requires the highest degree of quality control and tracing.
At the same time, the natural goal of pharmaceutical distribution companies is profitability, which involves optimizing certain tasks in distribution, keeping costs down and operating efficiently.
Special warehouses
A wholesale company today
can only be profitable if it knows the suppliers for all of its distributed
items, their pricing, their discounts and their distribution patterns; if it
can offer competitive prices and various discounts to its buyers; if it is able
to receive the buyers’ demands and fulfil them in the adequate quantity,
quality and with adequate accuracy. To this end, all data pertaining to them
must be collected and stored retrospectively for years, and analyzed with the
proposed goal in mind. A company can only do this if it possesses an modern IT
platform.
Due to the special nature of
pharmaceuticals and their distribution, wholesalers operate several special
warehouses besides the typical background and picking depots (such as special substances,
e.g. psychotropic medicines, explosive, acid and flammable products, products
requiring cold and cool storage, waste storage, sample and counter sample,
pharmaceutical raw materials, supplier deposit and customer consignment, depot
rental, etc.).
The newest developments in
ITC technology quickly appear in pharmaceutical warehouses (RF, mobile devices,
automation).
PharmaLog - special software system
We have designed PharmaLog
software for the distribution of pharmaceuticals as
special goods, and due to permanent innovation, the system is highly suitable
for optimized operation of distributors’ special depots. In line with the
requirements of the user, PharmaLog
supports IT communication, warehouse and process
automation techniques in use today and previously, tried and tested tools.
At a distributor operating a country-wide network, e.g.
7 sites, a full range of products (more than ten thousand products) and 500
terminals, PharmaLog
works just as efficiently as
at another wholesaler with 3 IT terminals, distributing just a small range of
medicines.
We are able to provide manual, semi-automated and fully automated solutions in all segments. We optimize our system for our Client’s existing warehouses and processes, and we offer help in modernizing it step by step.
We are able to provide optimal solutions for all warehouses, at all levels of organization. Some of these special solutions include, but are not limited to:
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Inventory management that also takes into account past turnover data, supplier behaviour analysis, seasonality, epidemics, etc.
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Stock division (more sites, reallocation, central depots)
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Product placement (dual optimization for the lowest picking costs and achieving the most balanced employee workload division)
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Picking (finding the optimal picking task, always based on the employee workload at the given moment)
PharmaLog is not the logistics module of an ERP system, but a system in itself that connects to the company ERP. It was developed for companies where distribution is the core business and not just one of many activities.
In certain countries, a decline in the number of significant pharmaceutical wholesalers has been a decades-long trend, while at the same time, the number of warehouses operated by a single company has been increasing. PharmaLog can handle the changes of the corporate topology: the appearance of new sites, depots and cross-docking facilities as well as the continuous movement of items and stock division.
The necessary pharmaceutical Quality Control is an integral part of the system (electronic handling of test certificates, quarantine depot, tracing and recall).
We provide a documented and validated system to our Clients.
PharmaLog - system versions
PharmaLog enterprise, full version
Operations module
Customer system connections
Order entry (electronic, dispatch terminal)
Preparing invoices and delivery notes, invoicing on a round-trip basis
Financial invoicing – discount, cash discount and rebate management
Invoice control – registering and pairing supplier invoices and distribution costs
Financial registration to the ERP system
Logistics module
Inventory management – Acquisition (automatic and manual acquisition methods)
Receiving goods – Quarantine management – Release
Quality control (QC numbers creation, official certificates management, market withdrawal)
Order processing – Picking
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Support of picking technologies (picking list, Pick by Light, Pick by Voice, RF and mobile devices with barcode handling, automatic picking)
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Interactive connection using Peem and Knapp depot and conveyor controller systems
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Optimizations (picking box launching, picking, expedition)
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Support of verification and expedition with RF devices
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Warehouse – Inventory records
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Put-away, replenishment – optimization
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Special warehouse management
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Managing sites and cross-docking platforms, inventory movement
Inventory
Managerial information – Statistics
Master files maintenance – Price change management – Monthly and daily data closing
PharmaLog enterprise, logistics version
Logistics module – description above
PharmaLog, small business version
Full version of the system with integrated functions for distributors with simpler operations.
PharmaLog - Technology
Key components: Linux servers, Oracle SQL database, Windows clients, RF clients with .NET framework.
The system can be run in an IT infrastructure installed on its own environment or is also available to the Clients in a hosting-based environment (rented version).
