Shared Centralized Fulfillment: Extending Fulfillment to More Pharmacies Than Ever Before

Shared centralized fulfillment is a model that allows an entity to share a central fulfillment facility with multiple pharmacy partners. This model allows pharmacies of all sizes and types to benefit from a fulfillment solution, allowing pharmacists to spend more time providing patient care. Having a system utilized by multiple pharmacies improves workflow, efficiency, and patient care, while allowing larger entities to drive additional revenue to their bottom line by monetizing excess capacity across multiple partners.  

A shared centralized fulfillment solution provides for: 

• Simultaneous feeds from multiple pharmacy management systems 

• Physical and virtual inventory separation 

• Dynamic labeling and packaging 

• Order prioritization and sortation 

Larger entities, including hospitals and healthcare organizations, can build a fulfillment operation with additional capacity to generate revenue from independent pharmacy customers. This type of shared central fulfillment solution allows organizations to meet current needs while ensuring capacity for future growth. Sharing excess capacity with independent pharmacies allows both sides to benefit: 

Enterprise fulfillment owner:  

• Can leverage unused capacity to generate revenue  

• Can invest in fulfillment solution built to be scalable and sustainable, ensuring business continuity  

• Could become billable expert consultants for other operations  

Independent pharmacy partners: 

• Could recognize benefits of central fulfillment without incurring larger overhead costs 

• Receive comprehensive prescription tracking 

• Better manage inventory 

• Reap the benefit of data analytics and actionable dashboards 

• Benefit from data-driven decision making and strategic planning   

When considering a shared centralized fulfillment solution, look for a system that can be configured to meet your needs now, and in the future, interfaces with third-party hardware, and processes prescriptions electronically from acceptance through delivery in real time. Consider the need for multiple and customized packaging options.  

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