JP2003095439A - Physical distribution system for medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a physical distribution system for medicines capable of dealing with patients' daily requirements for medicines using a minimal quantity of medicines in stock, thus making it possible to operate a dispensing pharmacy with a small capital. SOLUTION: Medicines purchased from a predetermined mass-marketing pharmaceutical company are stored in a warehouse 3 of a physical distribution company 2. For stock management 6, the amount of medicines stored in the warehouse 3 is saved in a stock management database 7 for each name of medicine, and once the stock of any of the medicines has reached a set amount, it is purchased from the pharmaceutical company 1 for replenishment, while a dispensing pharmacy 4 sells patients 5 the medicine while keeping the amount of the medicine within a few days of stock. The name of the medicine and the number of units sold are inputted to a POS device 13 provided in the dispensing pharmacy 4 and are saved in the database 7; an order for any medicine whose amount is equal to a few days of stock is placed to the warehouse 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drug distribution system for drugs sold at a dispensing pharmacy.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A patient receives a prescription prepared by a doctor at a hospital, presents a prescription prepared by the doctor to a pharmacy in the hospital, and receives a dispensed drug. Since there was only one in-hospital pharmacy, patients from all departments were concentrated and extremely crowded, and the waiting time in the hospital including the waiting time for medical treatment was long or one day. The larger the hospital, the longer the medical treatment time in the hospital.

On the other hand, out-of-hospital pharmacies are large, medium and small, and a large number of pharmacies exist in a scattered manner, which is greatly effective in shortening the delivery time of pharmaceuticals and has been improved. Therefore, recently, medical institutions such as hospitals have abolished the in-hospital pharmacy, and have become a division of labor management system in which a patient presents a prescription issued by a doctor to an out-of-hospital pharmacy (dispensing pharmacy) and receives the dispensed drug. There is.

There are various kinds of drugs handled by each out-of-hospital pharmacy, and there are drugs that consume a large amount and drugs that consume a small amount, and it is necessary to stock the amount of drugs that supplement these drugs. The current drug distribution system for securing the inventory of this drug is as shown in FIG.

When the person 31 goes to the hospital 32 and is examined by the doctor 33, the doctor 33 issues a prescription 34. Patient 3
1 Dispensing pharmacy store 35 to get medicine to treat
To present the prescription 34. The dispensing pharmacy store 35 dispenses and sells the medicine described on the prescription 34. Pharmaceutical products are supplied through the distribution routes described below.

That is, the drug manufactured by the pharmaceutical company 37 is
The pharmacy headquarters 8 purchases. The pharmacy head office 38 sells to a number of dispensing pharmacy stores 35 having a parent-child relationship. In these transactions, the shipment from the pharmaceutical company 37 is sold in units of 10,000 tablets / type. Since the dispensing pharmacy store 35 does not have a warehouse for storing a large amount of drugs (medicines), the pharmacy head office 38 is provided in the middle. The pharmacy head office 38 has a warehouse 39 for trading 2000 tablets / type of drug with the dispensing pharmacy store 35.

Each dispensing pharmacy store 35 has a POS system 41.
Each time a dispensed drug is sold, the drug is input from the register, the inventory amount is calculated and the inventory management 42 is performed, and the order management 43 that orders when the predetermined inventory amount is reached is performed. The dispensing pharmacy store 35 orders the insufficient dispensing from the pharmacy headquarters 38. The pharmacy head office 38 delivers the drug from the warehouse 39 to the dispensing pharmacy store 35. The pharmacy head office 38 manages physical distribution 44 such as drug name, quantity, month and day, delivery destination name, etc., calculates inventory quantity, manages inventory 45, and manages order quantity 46 to place an order with a preset set value. Are doing

[0008]

However, since there are various kinds of medicines and the sales unit of the pharmacy head office 38 is 2000 tablets / type, a large warehouse is required in the dispensing pharmacy store 35.
Among various types of preparations, there are chemicals used in large amounts, chemicals used in small amounts, and chemicals used in large amounts depending on the season. Therefore, in order to have the medicines required by the patient 31 as the dispensing pharmacy store 35, it is necessary to have a considerably large-capacity warehouse, a considerable amount of medicines, and capital to equip them.

The trading unit of the pharmacy head office 38 is 2000
In the case of a tablet / seed, since the usage frequency varies depending on the medicine, the expiration date of the medicine / medicine in the dispensing pharmacy store 35 may exceed the expiration date. Furthermore, the pharmacy headquarters 38
Dispensing pharmacy store 35, which is a long distance from, took several days from the time of ordering the additional dispensing to the acquisition. Therefore, in order to newly establish the dispensing pharmacy store 35, it was necessary to secure an air-conditioned warehouse having a considerably large capacity, and a large amount of capital was required. That is, in order to increase the number of dispensing pharmacy stores 35, there has been a problem that considerable costs increase. In addition, since it is a drug, the carrier had to ask its own carrier, which had its own contract.

The dispensing pharmacy store 35 requires a drug distribution system capable of handling the daily demands of pharmaceuticals from patients with a minimum amount of stored medicine and operating the dispensing pharmacy store 35 with a small amount of capital. Has been done.

[0011] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to meet the daily requirements of pharmaceuticals required by patients with a minimum amount of stored medicines and a dispensing pharmacy with a small amount of capital. The purpose is to provide a drug distribution system capable of operating a store.

[0012]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a dispensing physical distribution system having the following configuration.

That is, in the medicine distribution system according to claim 1, the medicine to be shipped in a unit of a predetermined large lot is temporarily stored in the warehouse from the pharmaceutical company, and the warehouse moves from the warehouse to the dispensing pharmacy store upon request from the dispensing pharmacy shop. A drug distribution system in which a drug is delivered, a dispensing pharmacy store sells a drug dispensed based on a prescription presented by the patient to the patient, and the amount data of the sold drug is input from a POS system terminal to inventory management of the drug. In the above, the warehouse is a warehouse of a logistics company, and each data such as the amount of each type of drug received in this warehouse, the amount of each type of drug delivered by the logistics company to the dispensing pharmacy store, etc. is stored as an inventory amount for each drug name. The inventory management means of the distributor that manages and replenishes the inventory-deficient medicines to the warehouse in units of the large lots, and the amount of the medicines that the dispensing pharmacy store sells to the patient. Stock pharmacy store is characterized by being provided with a stock management unit pharmacy store to deliver drug from the distributor's warehouse so few days. According to the invention of claim 1, since the distributor owns a relatively large warehouse, the warehouse is used as a warehouse of a dispensing pharmacy store, and the delivery service is used. It is possible to operate the drug storage amount of a dispensing pharmacy store in a few days, for example, in a few days without a need. As a result, the relatively large warehouse of the distributor is used by a large number of dispensing pharmacy stores, so that the medicine is used within the expiration date. In addition, the funds for opening a new dispensing pharmacy store will be low and it will be easy to open.

The drug distribution system according to claim 2 is the drug distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the inventory management means of the distributor has a dispensing pharmacy headquarters when a shortage of drugs occurs in the inventory of the distributor. The dispensing pharmacy wholesaler or the dispensing pharmacy store orders and purchases the drug from the pharmaceutical company, and replenishes the inventory of the lacking drug to the warehouse of the distributor.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the distributor has a shortage of medicines in the inventory of the warehouse, the dispensing pharmacy head office, the dispensing pharmacy wholesaler, or the dispensing pharmacy carries out the ordering and the purchasing. There is no need to take charge of a pharmacist for handling, and there is no purchase procedure from a pharmaceutical company that sells in large units. Further, the dispensing pharmacy store does not have to secure a large-capacity warehouse, and can concentrate on dispensing the medicine described in the prescription presented by the patient. In addition, a new pharmacy store opening can be done at a low price because there is no warehouse construction cost or inventory control.

The drug distribution system according to claim 3 is the drug distribution system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inventory of a plurality of dispensing pharmacy stores is several days in one warehouse of the distributor. It is characterized by storing a manageable amount of chemicals as an inventory.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since one of the distributors delivers the drug to a plurality of dispensing pharmacy stores, the consumption amount is large even if the pharmaceutical company ships a large amount at one time. It has the effect that even low-drug chemicals can be consumed within an appropriate effective period.

The above-mentioned physical distribution company is an intermediate company (trading company) located in the middle of physical distribution between a pharmaceutical company that deals in large-scale transactions and a dispensing pharmacy store that deals in small-scale transactions. The inventory of the dispensing pharmacy store for several days is calculated from the past daily sales results of each dispensing pharmacy store, and is an inventory amount different at each dispensing pharmacy store. Sales results vary depending on the season, the day of the week, the middle of the month, and the end of the month.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of a medicine distribution system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the inventory of medicines in a dispensing pharmacy store is kept for several days, a large amount of medicines purchased from a pharmaceutical company is stored in a warehouse of a logistics company, and the amount of sales of one or many dispensing pharmacy stores is replenished from this warehouse. It is a drug distribution system that is designed to do so. The logistics company stores a large amount of medicine and delivers it to the dispensing pharmacy store so that the inventory of the dispensing pharmacy store is several days.

A large number of pharmaceutical companies 1 sell a large amount of lots, for example, sell 10,000 tablets. For many types of chemicals,
The storage of the medicines purchased by the multi-dispensing pharmacy store in units of 10,000 tablets / type each is temporarily stored in the temperature-controlled warehouse 3 of the physical distribution company 2. The distributor 2 delivers one or a large number of medicines from the warehouse 3 so that the medicines are replenished little by little according to the sales volume of each dispensing pharmacy store 4. As a result, the stock quantity of the drug in the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is always a stock for a predetermined number of days, for example, for 1 to 2 days, and a fresh drug can be provided to the patient 5.

There are many kinds of medicines, and a pharmacy store 4 from many pharmaceutical companies 1 purchases each kind of medicine in units of 10,000 tablets each. As a result, the amount of medicine purchased is
Since it has a large capacity, it is stored in the warehouse 3 of the physical distribution company 2 having a large capacity warehouse. The stock amount is managed by the physical distribution company 2 according to a predetermined administrative procedure, and is managed by the stock management 6, for example, a personal computer, and stored in the stock management database 7.

The chemicals stored in the warehouse 3 are classified and stored according to various chemicals, and physical distribution is managed for each chemical. Logistics management 8 includes the name of the pharmaceutical company of the delivery source, the delivery date, the drug name, the delivery amount, the expiration date, the delivery company name, the shipping delivery company name, the dispensed pharmacy store name, and the delivery date to the dispensed pharmacy store. Incoming and outgoing data is managed. The data of drug entry / exit is stored in the physical distribution management database. If the medicines stored in the warehouse 3 are continuously sold to a large number or one dispensing pharmacy store 4, the stock quantity of the medicines in the warehouse 3 becomes insufficient due to the large consumption of medicines. Dispensing pharmacy store 4 additionally orders the pharmaceutical company 1 for a drug whose inventory has been reduced to a predetermined amount.

The inventory management 6 has one transaction unit with the pharmaceutical company 1.
Since the number of medicines is 10,000, the timing of ordering is set based on the relationship between the consumption speed of each drug and the ordering period from each pharmaceutical company 1 to the arrival period, and the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is contacted to manage the inventory of the drug. do. Inventory management data includes the required delivery time from the order from each pharmaceutical company 1 to the arrival of goods, the requested date of receipt of each drug,
It is data such as arrival date, arrival amount, storage location, shipping medicine, shipping date, shipping amount, and shipping destination, which are stored in the inventory management database. Further, inventory management of the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is also performed. That is, the distributor 2 is also in charge of inventory management so that the inventory at each dispensing pharmacy store 4 is within a few days. In other words, the distributor 2 receives a request for drug replenishment from each dispensing pharmacy store 4 every day or every few days.

The dispensing pharmacy store 4 is a prescription 1 submitted by the patient 5.
The drug dispensed based on 0 is sold to patient 5. The prescription 10 is a document issued by the hospital 11 in which the medicine necessary for treating the disease as a result of the medical examination of the doctor 12 by the patient 5 is described. The prescription 10 is written by all doctors and is intended for all diseases. Therefore, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 needs to prepare medicines that deal with all diseases.

In this way, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 prepares various kinds of medicines as an inventory for several days at all times, so that the POS system 13
Has been introduced. The POS system 13 inputs the information such as drug name, drug amount, drug sales date, patient name, illness name, date and time, etc. to be dispensed for each prescription 10 from the terminal, so that the current inventory amount of drug is on-time. Is a system for calculating. That is, the output of the POS system 13 is the inventory management data at the adjusting pharmacy store 4. The inventory quantity of the medicines in the dispensing pharmacy store 4 and the warehouse 3 is calculated by the POS system 13 for each dispensing pharmacy store 4.

That is, the data of the amount of medicine dispensed for each dispensing pharmacy store 4 is also transmitted to the distributor 2 by the POS system 13 via the telecommunication network. The medicine described in the prescription 10 is given to the patient 5 as a medicine dispensed by a pharmacist. The content of the drug sold to patient 5 is P
It is the usage amount of the drug of the dispensing pharmacy store 4 input from a terminal of the OS system 13, for example, a register. The usage amount of this drug is also transmitted to the distributor 2 by the POS system 13 and is the delivery amount for each drug to the dispensing pharmacy store 4 on the next day.
The drug usage information includes drug name, drug amount, patient name, date, illness, hospital name, and the like. The amount of each drug used minus the amount of each drug in the warehouse 3 is
It is calculated as the inventory quantity. This result is POS system 1
It is also the inventory management 14 of the warehouse 3 by Inventory management 14
When the remaining amount of the medicine is reduced to a predetermined quantity, the necessity of supplementing the medicine is automatically recognized. The deficient drug is transmitted to the order management 15, and the dispensing pharmacy store 4 sends information such as the deficient drug name, the purchase amount, and the delivery destination name to the pharmaceutical company 1 that manufactures the drug. The name of the delivery destination is the distributor 2.

That is, the amount of medicine delivered to the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is
It is stored in the inventory management database 7 as data for calculating the inventory amount of the warehouse 3. When the amount of inventory in the warehouse 3 stored in the inventory management database 7 decreases to a predetermined amount of the remaining drug, the warehouse 3 is replenished with the drug. The dispensing pharmacy store 4 carries out order management 15 for ordering the missing drug to the pharmaceutical company 1 and replenishing it to the warehouse 3. The flow of these signals follows the POS system 13 of each dispensing pharmacy store 4.
It is automatically processed by input operation from the terminal.

The POS system 13 includes the distributor 2 and forms a communication circuit network. The communication circuit network is a telephone line, the Internet, an intranet, or the like. With this drug distribution system, the dispensing pharmacy store 4
It is possible to smoothly dispense medicines with the stock amount of medicines for several days.

Next, a series of processes will be described with reference to FIGS. The dispensing pharmacy store 4 places an order with the pharmaceutical company 1 based on the past drug usage amount, and manages the order. Distributor 2 stores a large amount of medicines, which the dispensing pharmacy store 4 purchased from pharmaceutical company 1 for all kinds of medicines in units of 10,000 tablets / kind, in temperature controlled warehouse 3 (A
1). The dispensing pharmacy store 4 requests the distribution company 2 to deliver the medicine so that the inventory is 1 to 2 days / seed (A2). Patient 5
Goes to the dispensing pharmacy store 4 and presents the prescription 10 and prescription 1
Buy 0 more dispensed medicines.

The dispensing pharmacy store 4 confirms whether or not the stock of various chemicals has the chemicals for one to two days or less (A3). If all medicines are in stock at the dispensing pharmacy store 4,
Is waiting for the next prescription. That is, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 receives the medicines of the prescription 10 presented by the next patient 5 from the patient 5
(A4). On the other hand, 1 in stock at the dispensing pharmacy store 4
When a drug for 2 days or less occurs, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 requests the distributor 2 to deliver the missing drug (A5),
Always secure inventory for 1-2 days (A6). That is, PO
The S system 13 manages the inventory so that the record of the amount of medicines sold from the terminal for each prescription 10 becomes a delivery request form to the distributor 2. By using the POS system 13 in this manner, it is possible to automatically replenish the medicine through the steps A1 to A6.

In this way, as a result of selling the medicines to the large number of dispensing pharmacy stores 4 little by little every day, the stock in the warehouse 3 of the physical distribution company 2 decreases. Distribution company 2 and dispensing pharmacy store 4 are PO
The sales data from the S system 13 and the stock (actual product) in the warehouse 3 are checked for each medicine, and it is confirmed whether or not there is a medicine below the inventory set value (A7). If there is no medicine that has decreased below the set value, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 continues dispensing sales to the patient 5 (A8). Further, when a medicine below the set value is generated in the stock of the warehouse 3, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 orders the pharmaceutical company 1 (A9) and purchases it in units of 10,000 tablets / species. It is delivered to the warehouse 3 (A10).

The distributor 2 delivers the medicine purchased by the dispensing pharmacy store 4 from the pharmaceutical company 1 to the warehouse 3 and stores it (A11).
By using the POS system 13 in such a process, the steps A1 to A11 can be automatically replenished with the chemicals. Of course, it is necessary to confirm the inventory of the warehouse 3 (inventory). It is effective in hygiene management and risk management of medicines that the distribution company 2 is in charge of all delivery of medicines purchased by the dispensing pharmacy store 4 using the warehouse 3.

Next, a medicine distribution system according to another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. This embodiment is an example in which inventory management of a large number of dispensing pharmacy stores and a distributor is performed by the dispensing pharmacy head office. In this embodiment, the Internet 21 is used as the communication network of the POS system 13. On the Internet 21, the dispensing pharmacy head office 22, the distributor 2, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 servers 23, 2
4 and 25 are connected.

First, the function of the dispensing pharmacy headquarters 22 will be described. The server 23 has a configuration shown in FIG. 4 and constitutes a server computer to which a database 26 is connected. The database 26 includes an order management database 261, an order management database 262, a warehouse inventory management database 263, a dispensing pharmacy store inventory management database 264, a distribution management database 265, and the like.

The dispensing pharmacy head office 22 manages the inventory of the medicines of the distributor 2 and the dispensing pharmacy store 4 so as not to run short, and requests delivery to the warehouse 3 of the pharmaceutical company 1 and the distributor 2 by the personal computer 231 connected to the server 23. To do. PC 23
The keyboard of No. 1 is the input means 232, and the screen for displaying the input contents is the display means 233. RAM23
The control program stored in the CPU 4 causes the CPU 235 to
Signal processing is performed as follows.

When the stock amount of each drug in the distributor 2 and the dispensing pharmacy store 4 decreases to a predetermined amount, the drug is replenished in the warehouse 3 of the distributor 2. For replenishment to the warehouse 3 of the distributor 2, the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 orders the pharmaceutical company 1 with information such as the name of the drug and the purchase amount, and delivers it to the warehouse 3 of the distributor 2 for replenishment. Dispensing pharmacy head office 22 has inventory management 241, 25 of each of the logistics company 2 and the dispensing pharmacy store 4 when information on the occurrence of a drug that is insufficient in the inventory of the warehouse 3 of the logistics company 2 is generated.
2. Input from the physical distribution management 242 via the servers 24 and 25 and the Internet 21 to confirm.

The replenishment request is made by placing an order from the dispensing pharmacy store 4 to the dispensing pharmacy head office 22. The dispensing pharmacy head office 22 stores in the order management database 261 that a replenishment request has been made.
The contents of the replenishment request include the name of the medicine, the quantity of the medicine, the delivery date and the like. As described above, the drug refill procedure is performed via the dispensing pharmacy headquarters 22. These replenishment requests are stored in the order management database 261. The order contents to the pharmaceutical company 1 based on the replenishment request are
It is stored in the order management database 262. The contents of the order include the name of the medicine, the quantity of the medicine, and the delivery date.

The stock amount in the warehouse 3 of the distributor 2 is reported to the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 via the Internet 21 every time the drug is delivered to the dispensing pharmacy store 4, and is stored in the inventory management database 263 of the dispensing pharmacy head office 22. It Dispensing pharmacy headquarters 2
2 can automatically recognize the replenishment time by reading the stored value in the inventory management database 263 of the warehouse 3 even if there is no replenishment request from the distributor 2, and can place an order with the pharmaceutical company 1. .

The inventory quantity of the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is simultaneously adjusted via the Internet 21 at the dispensing pharmacy headquarters 2 each time the drug sold to the patient is input from the terminal of the POS system 13.
Inventory management database 2 of the dispensing pharmacy store 4 reported to 2
Stored in 64. The dispensing pharmacy head office 22 can automatically detect the timing of replenishment by reading the stored value of the inventory management database 264 of the dispensing pharmacy store 4 even if the dispensing pharmacy store 4 does not request the replenishment. Two
A delivery request can be made to the dispensing pharmacy store 4.

The dispensing pharmacy head office 22 confirms with the distributor 2 whether the order has been delivered as requested, and the inventory management data is corrected. That is, the distributor 2 and the pharmacy pharmacy store 4 each use the server 2 when inventory is replenished.
3. Report the content of the replenished drug via the Internet 21 to the dispensing pharmacy head office 22. The contents of the replenished medicine include the medicine name, the replenishment amount, the date of delivery, the delivery company, the current inventory amount, and the like.

Next, the functions of the distributor 2 will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be described with reference to. The distributor 2 is not intended for humans, but is located in the middle of the drug product flow path between the pharmaceutical company 1 and the dispensing pharmacy store 4 and acts as a buffer, while the inventory of the warehouse 3 and the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is kept. It is an institution that has the function of managing It is said that the distribution company 2 having the large-scale warehouse 3 has an enormous amount of medicines purchased from the pharmaceutical company 1 and the amount of medicines dispensed to the dispensing pharmacy store 4 per case is small. It has characteristics.

The goods handled by the physical distribution company 2 may be only chemicals, but it should be a large warehouse for storing other goods. To order medicines to the pharmaceutical company 1, the dispensing pharmacy headquarters 22 server 24,
Delivery of drugs to the dispensing pharmacy store 4 via the Internet 21 is requested from the dispensing pharmacy headquarters 22 via the Internet 2
1. Implement based on the contents requested via the server 24. The current inventory quantity of the warehouse 3 owned by the physical distribution company 2 is stored in the inventory management database 241. Each time the distribution company 2 receives a drug supplement request from the dispensing pharmacy store 4, it delivers the requested drug from the warehouse 3. The delivery of this medicine will be kept within a few days at the dispensing pharmacy store 4, so
A full amount of medicine is replenished every day according to the scale of each dispensing pharmacy store 4. Data on the entry / exit of these warehouses 3 is stored in the physical distribution management database 242. In other words,
The distributor 2 uses the POS system 13 to dispense each pharmacy store 4
Deliver the amount of medicine dispensed by the drug to the dispensing pharmacy store 4.

When the stock quantity stored in the stock management database 241 reaches the preset stock quantity, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 requests the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 to order the medicine.
A personal computer 243 is connected to the server 24 to order medicines. The input means 244 of the personal computer 243 is a keyboard, and the display means 24 for displaying the input contents
5 is a screen of the personal computer 243. Warehouse 3 of logistics company 2
The preset inventory amount of is set in relation to the past delivery speed of the distributor 2 (the reduction speed of the inventory amount of the warehouse 3) and the current delivery days of the pharmaceutical company 1. These controls are automatically performed, and the CPU 248 controls the programs stored in the RAM 247 of the server 24.

Next, regarding the function of the dispensing pharmacy store 4, FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The dispensing pharmacy store 4 keeps the stock quantity of the medicine for several days, for example, for 1 to 2 days, so that a new medicine is always available so that a warehouse is not secured and the expiration date of the medicine is not exceeded. . Therefore, since there is no warehouse, either drug is delivered every day or every two days. The dispensing pharmacy store 4 which secures many kinds of medicines is required to manage the inventory without making mistakes in the medicines to be consumed. A POS system 13 is provided to satisfy this requirement.

The medicine dispensed by the prescription 10 is input from the terminal (input means 131) of the POS system 13 such as a register each time, and the input content is displayed on the display means 132. The contents input from the register are data such as the name and amount of each drug, the quantity of the dispensed drug, and the patient name. This input data is simultaneously input to the distributor 2 and the dispensing pharmacy headquarters 22 via the server 25 and the Internet 21. The configuration of the server 25 is described in FIG. The drug usage of each dispensing pharmacy store 4 is stored in the drug management database 251 and the inventory management database 252. The distributor 2 and the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 store the stock amount of each drug in each dispensing pharmacy store 4 handled in the inventory management database 241 and the inventory management database 264 of the dispensing pharmacy store 4.

When the stock quantity of each medicine stored in the stock management database 252 reaches a predetermined stock quantity, an order is placed to supplement the medicine. This order data is stored in the order management database 253. The CPU 254 of each dispensing pharmacy store 4 manages the inventory as follows by the program stored in the RAM 255. When the amount of stock in each dispensing pharmacy store 4 reaches a predetermined amount, the amount of stock of each drug is set within a few days.

In this embodiment, the stock amount for 1 to 2 days is set for each medicine. Various types of chemicals include a frequently used chemical and a relatively infrequently used chemical. This usage frequency may be different for each dispensing pharmacy store 4, or may be different depending on the day of the week, season, and the like. Therefore, it is necessary to confirm the frequency of use of each chemical at appropriate intervals. If this confirmation is neglected, chemicals that cause a product shortage will occur. The frequency of use of each drug is stored in the inventory management database 2 for each dispensing pharmacy store 4.
It is calculated from the change in the usage amount of each medicine stored in 52. Based on the usage frequency reviewed by each dispensing pharmacy store 4, the amount of medicine for one to two days is calculated by the distribution company 2 and the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 each time.
Is also notified via the Internet 21.

Next, a series of processes will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 orders the pharmaceutical company 1 and purchases all kinds of medicines in units of 10,000 tablets / kind, and stores a large amount of the purchased medicines in the temperature-controlled warehouse 3 of the distribution company 2 ( B1). The dispensing pharmacy store 4 places an order to the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 via the Internet 21, and the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 requests the distributor 2 to deliver the drug to the dispensing pharmacy store 4. The distributor 2 delivers from the warehouse 3 to the dispensing pharmacy store 4 such that the stock of the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is 1 to 2 days / type of medicine (B2). The patient 5 goes to the dispensing pharmacy store 4, presents the prescription 10, and purchases the medicine dispensed from the prescription 10.

The inventory of the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is checked for the presence or absence of the preset drug for 1 to 2 days in the inventory of various drugs sold (B3). When the stock of all the medicines in the dispensing pharmacy store 5 is for 1 to 2 days, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is in a state of waiting for the next prescription. That is, the dispensing pharmacy store 5 sells the medicine of the prescription 10 presented by the next patient 5 (B4). On the other hand, when there is a medicine whose inventory at the pharmacy pharmacy store 4 is less than the amount of medicine for one to two days, the pharmacy pharmacy store 4 uses the internet
Order the missing drug from the dispensing pharmacy headquarters 22 via 1. The dispensing pharmacy head office 22 requests the delivery company 2 to deliver the missing drug to the dispensing pharmacy store 4 via the Internet 21, and the delivery company 2 delivers the requested drug from the warehouse 3 (B5). In this way, the dispensing pharmacy store 4 has 1-2
Always secure daily inventory (B6). That is, the POS system 13 preferably manages the inventory so that the record entered from the register terminal for each prescription 10 becomes the order slip to the dispensing pharmacy head office 22, and the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 preferably requests the distributor 2 for delivery. By using the POS system 13 in this way, it is possible to automatically replenish chemicals.

In this way, as a result of selling the medicines to a large number of dispensing pharmacy stores 4 little by little, the stock in the warehouse 3 of the physical distribution company 2 decreases. The distribution company 2 confirms each medicine from the sales data from the POS system 13 and the stock in the warehouse 3 and confirms whether or not there is a medicine below the inventory set value (B7). If there is no medicine below the set value, the distributor 2 continues to sell to the dispensing pharmacy store 4 (B8). In addition, when a drug below the set value is generated by monitoring in this way, the distributor 2 inventory-controls the drug dispensing pharmacy head office 22 so as to replenish the drug via the Internet 21, and the drug dispensing pharmacy head office 22 at this time. The delivery destination is requested to be delivered to the warehouse 3 of the distribution company 2. The dispensing pharmacy head office 22 requests the pharmaceutical company 1 to place an order for the drug in units of 10,000 tablets / type (B9).

The requested pharmaceutical company 1 delivers to the warehouse 3 of the distributor 2 (B10). In this way, inventory is managed so that there is no shortage of chemicals. The distributor 2 stores the purchased medicine in the warehouse 3 (B11). In this way, by using the POS system 13, the sales data of the drug input from the register of the dispensing pharmacy store 4 is stored on the Internet 2
By outputting the data to the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 and the distributor 2 via 1, it is possible to manage the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 and the distributor 2 to automatically replenish the medicine. Of course, it is necessary to confirm the inventory of the warehouse 3.

As another embodiment, it may be considered that the warehouse 3 of the distributor 2 is borrowed as the warehouse of the dispensing pharmacy wholesaler. A system configuration diagram of this embodiment is shown in FIG. The same parts as those in FIGS. 1 and 3 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the dispensing pharmacy head office 22 of FIG. 3 is used as a dispensing pharmacy wholesaler 27. The dispensing pharmacy head office 22 serves as a drug distribution system for only the dispensing pharmacy stores in a parent-child relationship under the head office 22. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the dispensing pharmacy wholesaler 27 contracts with the logistics company 2 and borrows the warehouse 3 so that the dispensing pharmacy wholesaler 27 can have a commercial transaction relationship without a parent-child relationship. This is an example of making a contract.

The dispensing pharmacy wholesaler 27 manages inventory of a larger number of dispensing pharmacy stores 4 and warehouses 3. That is, the dispensing pharmacy wholesaler 27
Manages the data of the inventory management database 7 so that the inventory of each dispensing pharmacy store 4 is 2-3 days. This data is managed by each store depending on the amount of drug consumed, the name of the drug with the most consumption,
These trends (data) are generated for each dispensing pharmacy store 4 because the day of the week in which the amount of medicines is consumed and the upper and middle ends of the month are different. Based on these data and the current consumption data input from the terminal of the POS system 13, the distribution management is performed so that the stock of each pharmacy pharmacy store 4 is delivered from the warehouse 3 of the distribution company so that the stock is 2-3 days. The stock amount of each preparation is stored in the stock management database 7.

As a result, the inventory of the warehouse 3 rented by the dispensing pharmacy wholesaler 27 causes insufficient chemicals. When the medicine stored in the warehouse 3 has a quantity less than a predetermined stock amount, the dispensary pharmacy wholesaler 27 gives the medicine company 1 that manufactures the medicine a lot unit, for example, 10,000 tablets /
The seeds are ordered, the order is managed, and the inventory management 6 for replenishing the warehouse 3 is performed.

According to this embodiment, all the inventory management is managed by the dispensing pharmacy wholesaler 27, so that the dispensing pharmacy store 4 that handles a small amount of a drug that provides a drug to an individual patient does not have to worry about expiration of the drug. , You can always prepare new chemicals. Especially when a new drug is launched, a dispensing pharmacy store 4
Can be switched to a new drug immediately and prepared for the patient.
Further, the warehouse 3 of the physical distribution company 2 can speed up the rotation of the stocked goods by contracting the medicines with a large number of the dispensing pharmacy stores 4 so that the patient 5 can use the fresh medicines.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention, a dispensing pharmacy store can be operated with a minimum amount of stored medicines, which can meet the daily requirements of medicines required by patients and with a small amount of capital. It is possible to obtain a drug physical distribution system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of a drug distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the medicine supply system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram for explaining another embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a dispensing pharmacy head office server in FIG.

5 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the distributor server of FIG.

6 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the dispensing pharmacy store server in FIG. 3. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the chemical supply system of FIG.

8 is a system configuration diagram for explaining another embodiment of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram for explaining a conventional drug distribution system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Pharmaceutical company, 2 ... Logistics agent, 3 ... Warehouse, 4 ... Dispensing pharmacy store, 5 ... Patient, 6 ... Inventory management, 7 ... Inventory management, 8 ... Logistics management, 9 ... Order management, 10 ... Prescription, 11 … Hospital, 1
2 ... Doctor, 13 ... POS system, 14 ... Inventory management, 1
5 ... Order management, 21 ... Internet, 22 ... Dispensing pharmacy head office, 23, 24, 25 ... Server, 26 ... Database, 27 ... Dispensing pharmacy wholesaler, 241, 252, 263, 2
64 ... Inventory management information database, 242, 265 ... Logistics management information database, 253, 262 ... Order management information database, 251 ... Drug management information database,
55 Warehouse information database.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A drug, which is shipped in a predetermined large lot unit, is temporarily stored from a pharmaceutical company in a warehouse, and the drug is delivered from the warehouse to the dispensing pharmacy store upon request from the dispensing pharmacy store. In the drug distribution system in which a drug dispensed based on the prescription presented by is sold to the patient and the amount data of the sold drug is input from the terminal of the POS system to manage the inventory of the drug, the warehouse is a warehouse of a distributor. Yes, the data such as the amount of each type of drug received in this warehouse and the amount of each type of drug delivered by the distributor to the dispensing pharmacy store are managed as an inventory amount for each drug name. Inventory management means of the logistics company for replenishing the warehouse in units of the large number of lots, so that the inventory amount of the dispensing pharmacy store may be several days depending on the amount of the drug sold by the dispensing pharmacy store to the patient. Chemicals distribution system, characterized in that it is formed by and a stock management means of dispensing pharmacy store to deliver the drug from the distributor's warehouse. 2. The inventory management means of the distributor, when a drug shortage occurs in the warehouse of the distributor, the dispensing pharmacy head office, the dispensing pharmacy wholesaler, or the dispensing pharmacy store orders the pharmaceutical company for purchase. The chemical distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the stock of the insufficient medicine is replenished in the warehouse of the distributor. 3. A warehouse of one said distributor stores a manageable amount of medicine as an inventory so that the inventory quantity of each dispensing pharmacy store may be several days. 1
Or the drug distribution system described in 2.