Aim
The central role of APOTEKA consists in delivering complete prescriptions to the counter as rapidly as possible. This is all the more importantly during peaks of activity (more than one customer per cash register), when APOTEKA must prepare several prescriptions virtually simultaneously.

APOTEKA's performance can be explained by 3 variables
  • Product selection speed: in less than 2 seconds, the complete prescription leaves the automated dispenser
  • Routing speed: intrinsic belt speed and optimised wait time between prescriptions
  • Universality and maximum stock: APOTEKA can manage all types of packaging and turnovers, thus ensuring the complete automation of most prescriptions
 
Automation of a pharmacy
 
Ejecting an order by the automated dispenser   Increased profitability
  • You can increase your productivity up to 500,000 € revenue / employee
  • You increase the number of customers served at peak hours with the same number of employees
  • You maintain control of payroll under all circumstances (peak traffic, illness, pregnancy, opening hours, etc.)
  • You increase average basket size by improving advice and working conditions

Time savings
  • Thanks to unsurpassed preparation and routing speeds, you can process between 6 and 12 complete prescriptions per minute
  • By eliminating movements, you save between 2 and 3 hours of daily work per counter (i.e. 1/3 of work time)
  • You reduce queue sizes, allowing more time for advising customers
  • You accelerate storage and facilitate reserve management
 
Saves space after automation   Space savings
  • More ergonomic and user-friendly, and hence more efficient sales and back-office areas
  • Ideal for relocating stock to rooms that would otherwise be of little use
  • Even without changing the layout, you can increase your sales area by automating the drugs stock and by eliminating conventional storage systems
  • Adaptation to your pharmacy's configuration: upstairs, on the ground floor or in the basement

Indirect gains
  • You have better control over your stock (precise capacity and computer assistance)
  • You eliminate the risk of out-of-date drugs ("FIFO: First In - First Out") reduce the unknown mark-down
  • Less waiting, more advice and more customer space distinguish you from your competitors and develop customer loyalty
  • You enhance the skills of your pharmacy team and improve their working conditions, while offering greater time flexibility
  • You increase your pharmacy's transaction value