Pharmacy distributor

Manage storefront of a generic pharmacy distributor distributing medicines to 700 medical stores. These medical stores purchase 50 items per week from a catalog of 5000 medicines.

Workflow

Key pain points

1. Medical stores want to quickly price compare drugs like "Paracetamol" from 8 different brands before placing order.
2. Medical stores want desktop app with fast searchable interface.
3. Medical stores want to know the status of the order frequently because of some patient emergency.
4. The prices and the items in the catalog change every week.

Why is this important?

1. Generic pharmacy distributor can supply to 1400 medical stores but keeps the operations tight because of combinatorial explosion in the exceptions.
2. Generic pharmacy distributor cannot split his company into two because of the fear of converting his new partner into a competitor.
3. Generic pharmacy distributor requires to grow organically through automation.
4. Generic pharmacy distributor cannot influence 700 medical stores into using a custom application.

What next?

• First try the app.
• Second build the app.