Strip Wise Sales and Sales Return in Pharmacy Vertical

Purpose:

1. Customized Sales Process:

Strip wise sales in a pharmacy POS allow for a customized sales process tailored to the specific needs of the pharmacy vertical. It recognizes that pharmaceutical products are often sold in units like strips, and this feature streamlines the sales workflow accordingly.

2. Accurate Inventory Tracking:

Implementing strip wise sales ensures accurate tracking of inventory at a granular level. It allows the pharmacy to monitor the sales and availability of each strip individually, providing real-time insights into stock levels.

3. Enhanced Customer Service:

Tailoring the sales process to strips enables the pharmacy to meet customer expectations more precisely. It facilitates efficient handling of prescriptions, especially when medications are prescribed in specific strip quantities.

Benefits:

1. Improved Efficiency:

Strip wise sales streamline the sales process, making it more efficient for pharmacy staff. It reduces manual effort by aligning the POS system with the natural packaging and dispensing units of pharmaceutical products.

2. Accurate Pricing:

Enabling strip wise sales ensures accurate pricing based on the specific unit of sale (i.e., the strip). This minimizes pricing errors, enhances transparency in transactions, and improves overall customer satisfaction.

3. Compliance with Business Requirements:

Implementing strip wise sales ensures that the POS system aligns with the unique requirements of the pharmacy business. It reflects an understanding of the diverse ways in which pharmaceutical products are packaged, dispensed, and sold.

4. Efficient Sales Returns:

Enabling sales returns based on strip-level configurations streamlines the process of handling expired or returned items. It ensures that the system calculates the return amount accurately, taking into account the specific strip quantity associated with the transaction.

5. Enhanced Financial Accuracy:

Strip wise sales, coupled with configurations for sales returns based on strip and expiry, contribute to enhanced financial accuracy. This reduces discrepancies in accounting, especially when dealing with returned items and associated refunds.

Note: In Pharmacy vertical strip wise sales can be done while implementing the software, it can be done backend and not by enabling any configurations. For this, we should understand the customer business type, their requirements before implementing the software in order to enable strip wise sales. For sales return, we need to enable the configuration expiry return based on strip. To calculate the amount for the expiry, return of the items based on the strip to calculate the amount for the expiry return of the items based on the strip.

Steps to configure the Strip wise Sales & Sales Return in Pharmacy Vertical:

Step 1: Go to Tools > Configuration > Configuration

Step 2: Business Configuration screen will appear. Go to Purchase > Expiry Return - Expiry Return Based on Strip (Enable the checkbox). Click Save.

Implementing strip-wise sales and enabling configurations for sales returns based on strips in a pharmacy POS system is a strategic move to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction. This customization recognizes the unique packaging and dispensing units of pharmaceutical products, streamlining the sales process and ensuring accurate inventory tracking. The system's adaptability to various pharmacy business types and its capability to calculate sales returns based on strip quantities contribute to improved operational workflows, inventory management, and financial accuracy. Overall, this tailored approach enhances the pharmacy's ability to provide a seamless and customer-centric experience while meeting regulatory requirements.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

1. Can strip-wise sales be implemented without enabling configurations?

Strip-wise sales can be implemented in the backend without enabling specific configurations. However, enabling configurations for sales returns based on strips ensures accurate calculations for returns and contributes to efficient handling of expired or returned items.

2. What role does strip-wise sales play in customer service?

Strip-wise sales contribute to enhanced customer service by aligning the sales process with how medications are often prescribed and dispensed. This tailored approach improves the overall customer experience and satisfaction.

3. Can strip-wise sales be implemented in pharmacies with different product packaging?

Yes, the flexibility of strip-wise sales implementation allows it to accommodate pharmacies with different product packaging. The system can adapt to diverse ways in which pharmaceutical products are packaged, dispensed, and sold.