Pharmacy stock management: methods and best practices

Stock is often a pharmacy's biggest investment. Too much stock ties up your cash and multiplies expired items; too little creates shortages and drives customers away. The right balance is managed with method and data.

For each product, set a minimum threshold: as soon as it's reached, an order is triggered. Software calculates this threshold from your real sales and automatically suggests what to reorder.

Not all products deserve the same attention. ABC classification helps you focus where it matters:

• A: the 20% of products that drive 80% of revenue — watch closely.
• B: intermediate products, to track regularly.
• C: low-rotation products — avoid overstock.

A full annual count is useful but heavy. Cycle counts — counting one zone at a time, regularly — keep your stock accurate all year without closing the pharmacy. Barcode scanning makes it fast and reliable.

PharmaVexa tracks stock in real time, calculates reorder thresholds, classifies your products, handles barcode-based counts and links it all to the POS and purchasing — for stock that's always accurate, with no shortages or overstock.