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Medicine / Pharma

Batch and expiry controlled pharmacy retail with schedule drug compliance and substitute lookup.

Also covers: Pharmacy · Chemist · Medical Store · Drug Store · Pharmaceutical Distribution

About this industry

A pharmacy holds thousands of items where batch and expiry are not optional details — expired stock cannot legally be sold, and near-expiry stock must be returned to the supplier in time. Schedule drugs carry record-keeping obligations, and substitution requires knowing which salt matches which brand.

Common operational problems

  • Expiry must be tracked per batch or stock becomes unsaleable and unreturnable
  • Near-expiry return windows to suppliers are missed
  • Schedule drug sales require prescription records
  • Substitute brands by salt composition are found by memory
  • Very large item counts make manual stock control impossible

Example workflows

  1. Batch-wise stock with expiry dating

  2. Near-expiry alerts ahead of supplier return windows

  3. Prescription recording for schedule drugs

  4. Salt-based substitute lookup at the counter

  5. FEFO dispensing so oldest stock moves first

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On Request

Where a ready product does not reach far enough, these are the needs this industry raises most often. We do not build to order; telling us which of these you need is what shapes what we build next.

  • Salt and composition based substitute lookup
  • Supplier return window alerts
  • Prescription record keeping for schedule drugs
  • Chronic patient refill reminders

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POS and Commerce

Fast counter billing with shift control and a daily closing that ties out.

  • Fast POS billing with barcode scanning
  • Counters, shifts and cashier assignment
  • Thermal, A5 and A4 receipt printing
  • Multiple payment modes including split payments
  • Sales returns and credit notes at the counter
  • Daily closing and cash reconciliation per shift

Inventory and Purchase Management

Know what you hold, what it cost and what needs ordering — across locations, batches and units.

  • Real-time stock with low-stock alerts
  • Batch and expiry tracking, and serial-number tracking
  • Barcode scanning for receipt, billing and stock-take
  • Product variants and multiple units with conversions
  • Multi-warehouse and godown transfers
  • Purchase orders, quotations, returns and supplier ledgers
  • Stock valuation and outstanding-payment tracking

Billing and Accounting

Invoices, payments, expenses and ledgers that stay in agreement without a month-end rebuild.

  • GST-ready invoices with multiple formats and print sizes
  • Customer and supplier ledgers with running balances
  • Receivables and payables with ageing
  • Cash and bank accounts with payment tracking
  • Expense recording and categorisation
  • Cash book and business reports including profit insights

GST and Compliance

Tax-correct documents at the point of billing, so compliance is a by-product rather than a monthly scramble.

  • GST invoices with multiple slabs applied per item
  • HSN and SAC code management on product masters
  • Cess support where applicable
  • GST reports for return preparation
  • e-Invoice workflows
  • e-Way Bill workflows

Integration opportunities

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Questions

Yes — batch and expiry tracking supports alerts. The commercially important date is usually the supplier's return window rather than the expiry itself, so alerts are configured against that instead.

Talk to us about medicine / pharma

Describe how your business runs today. We will be straightforward about whether a ready product fits or whether it needs building around.