All the daily operations can be run from a single touchscreen terminal.

The system integrates

Base system support for PIP codes and product pricing by Branch 

Order Management, to create supplier orders automatically at the till

•  based on sales of products for today, this week, this month or any period, which can then be reviewed and modified by the user
• at any time  with products selected by barcode scanning, PIP code or selecting from search lists
• optionally for review at Head Office before sending to the warehouse or suppliers.

Online Ordering, to send orders to defined suppliers via a dial-up or broadband connection. The system receives auto-generated replies and interprets them, with the option to print them on the receipt printer to help when investigating discrepancies.

Stock Management, for receiving and transferring stock. Using a handheld computer you can

• book-in a delivery at any time, simply by scanning the items in the tote box and confirming the quantities
• quickly find unknown items or create new records for new barcodes
• receive stock transferred from another branch in a pharmacy group
• transfer stock to another shop in the group
• start a stock count, or respond to one or several automatically created by the system or sent by Head Office

Purchase orders, supplier replies and delivery notes stay on the system indefinitely, for easy reconciliation of errors or to help resolve disputes.

Product Update, to

• automatically transfer the C+D (Chemist & Druggist) weekly feed of product updates
• read other supplier catalogues, databases or spreadsheet files and load them  into  StoreTrader 
• automatically update descriptions and prices for known products
• report all changes for review at any time

Customer Update, which provides similar facilities for any account customers.

PMR Link,  to call up  the dispensary system to do a PMR lookup at the till.

Credit & debit card payments, so there's only one receipt and  no danger of keying the wrong amount on the PINpad.

Accounting Link, to post all sales, stock and cash movements across automatically to Mamut, Sage50 or any other accounting package.

Within a pharmacy group, the Enterprise server helps increase control of stock and pricing across all the shops, by:

• routing all supplier orders through the Enterprise server for approval
  
• consolidating the transmission of orders, so that individual branches don’t have to use dial-up lines
• distributing all product price and other changes to the stores after they have been verified at head office
• consolidating all sales and stock data for analysis and reporting at head office
• providing a single interface to the group accounting, webstore and CRM system.

Take a tour of StoreTrader Live Pharmacy Edition here.