28 pharmacies, one solution: minfos®

When you’re running 28 pharmacy sites, you’d better have the right software, explains Andrew Auchterlonie IT Coordinator of the Star Pharmacy Alliance and minfos® software devotee.

Andrew Auchterlonie, IT Coordinator of the Star Pharmacy Alliance, says minfos® multiStore has made it a lot easier to manage the 28 pharmacies in the Group, and ‘definitively allowed the businesses to grow much faster and bigger than anticipated’.

minfos® multiStore enables pharmacies to effectively manage two or more stores from a single location, providing a completely integrated solution for virtually every aspect of their businesses.

First implemented in February 2007, the minfos® software was initially introduced to meet the very clear challenge of simplifying processes across the 28 pharmacies of the Star Pharmacy Alliance group.

Prior to then, each pharmacy was operating independently – generating myriad inefficient and costly management and administrative procedures and processes, as well as a sea of paperwork from literally hundreds of sources.

The successful implementation of minfos® has resulted in significantly improved efficiencies and dramatic time and cost savings.

Andrew says he is delighted with the overall uniformity the minfos® system provides from a managerial perspective. The Group now has a central head office overseeing all pharmacies, ensuring the day-to-day store activities are a lot more transparent, while financial data and general reporting are now easily accessible in real time.

Staff, comprehensively trained in minfos® procedures, are centralised in the one office, leading to an enormous improvement in overall administrative efficiency.

As Andrew points out, the minfos® system has enabled the group to gradually reduce administration staff numbers over time, resulting in considerable salary savings.

Andrew finds the minfos® technology straightforward and efficient and – much to his delight – he is already seeing strong bottom-line results, with improvements ‘right across the board’.

He says he now feels like he’s in control of all components of the pharmacies.

“I’d really recommend minfos® software to other pharmacy groups,” Andrew says. “The ease and overall benefits of implementing a central management system across multiple pharmacies is certainly a forward-thinking step in this competitive market.”

For more information about the minfos® system, or to arrange an obligation-free demonstration, please call 1800 657 993.