Med-Health Pharmaceutical Products coupled an automated, barcode-based system with enterprise resource planning software to bring efficiencies to its warehouse operations. The system uses barcodes and mobile scanners to track inventory from receiving through storage and shipment. This allows Med-Health to maintain compliance with strict regulations while optimizing operations.

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A pharmaceuticaldistributoroptimizesSAPdeploymentwithbarcodescanning.
istributine phalnrat'cutic:rlsis a
: chilllcnging ancl conrPlcx busi-
,' r)css.I:u'gins <-rnclr'trgproclucts
can bc surall, and clislril)utorsmust
conrplt, u'ith nur-nt'r'ousstiitc and li:der-
iil lt'gulirtions to cnsulc sLrpplr'-chain
sirlt't; rrrr<lsecrnilr.
I'led-Hcalth Pharmir<cr.rlit:alPro<l-
ucts. iI rnicl-s izcclcllr r q u, holesaler
bascclin Las tgas. has lrccu ablc to
cnsr.u'ctht' ilccurircv anc[ clliciencr. ol'
its rl'alt'lrouscopcrations bv using an
autorn:rtccl. bal coclc b:rscclsystermin
conjunction r'r'ithSAP's cntcr'plisc
rcsoulcc pi:innine (ERl') solin'arc.
iIccl-Hcalth Pharrnact'uticzrlhas
stratcgic irlliances u'ith ir rncclical strp-
plr clistribution conrpan), zinclerphar-
nraccutical rcpackagine busincss.ln
2()06,thc colnpanv dcciclcclto upsrzrdc
its cxisting cnterprisr: solin'zrlc in older'
to cornph n'ith FDA rcqulations that
its nt'u' phzrlnraccutical busincssu,oLrld
bc lccltrilt'd to l-ncct.
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coml>an1':rpploaclrccl lclhiisolt
(In'int', Ci.,),a svslcnrs intcgration
cornl)an: that specializc: sir - rSAP
implcnrcntations.ldh:isoli cleploredits
S'l'-c1uaIilieclBusiness .II-in-Onc
solution lbl r'r'holesalcclistlibution. an
inclustlv-specilic plcconligr-rred solu-
tion that levcragcs thc pou,cr of thc
S'P llRP appiication, acloss all o{'
Iccl-Hcalth's busincsses.
Bccause Ie d- Healt h ncecled ar r
rlccllriltc 'zrvto label :rnd track plod-
trcts throughollt its ,alchousc lircilitl',
ldhasoli rccommendecl its partncr,
BCC Distriblrtion Inc. (IICCD). to
insi:rll a bar code tracking svstem.
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Med-HealthPharmaceuticalProductscoupledanautomated,barcode-basedsystemwithenter-
priseresourceplanningtobringefficienciestoitswarehouseopentions.
tl(lCD deplor,ccl
'l'r'anSAP.
a b:rr'
co<lt'birsetlirrrerrtolrscarrrrirrgsst('llr
that inteeratcsu'ith thc SAP svstcm.
"It's r-ealh a trrlnkcv solution," sal's
Iark Hamcs, (lir('ctor oi' opcrations
lor Icd-Heurlth Phalmaccutical Plod-
ucts. "Ncr.aclais vcly strict u,hcn it
cor-nesto reeulating thc rvirolcsalcclruq
inclustrr, ancl u,e 'autcd to go above
and bevond its rccluilcrnellts to ensrlrc
u,c could operatc as elficientlv as possi-
ble, rvhilc maint:rining lirli compliancc
rvith statc lcquircmcnts. ith ldha-
soli's BusinessAll-in-Onc solution zurd
'franSAP
ve :ere able to deplov a
ftrllv conrpli:rnt snlr.rtionin ir vcrt' short
period of tinrc."
"PeoJrlethink SAP is a complcx.
expensivt' svstcn that onlv lalge com-
panics cau dcpl<x:" savs.JonNcurran,
CEO o1' tsCcll. "Idhasoft o{Icrs this
prcconiieureci. inclustn'-spccific SAP
templatc {or smallcr conrp:inics. and
thev zire trpicallv up ancl lunniuq vcrv
quickll.:"
'fhe
pharn-raccuticalu,arehouse is a
28,000-sq-Ii {acility' rvith a lrrll-scarlc
lacking svstcm. t separatc t:nciosecl
area in the rvart'hcnse secllreserllcon-
trolled substanccsalong n'ith a reil'ie-
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printersandincludethedrugitem'sbarcode,nomenclature,andNational
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