1. Purchasing and Inventory Control

2. Outline Preparing an ideal monthly order from a specific drug store. Quantity overstock for a specific item. Quantity shortage for of specific item Dealing with near expiry and expired items. Dealing with damaged products.

3. Outline Preparing an ideal monthly order from a specific drug store. Quantity overstock for a specific item. Quantity shortage for of specific item Dealing with near expiry and expired items. Dealing with damaged products.

4. PREPARING A MONTHLY ORDER Consider the following: Available quantity in stock. Average monthly sales for that item. Calculating the exact needed quantity of the item, based on the difference between the average sales & the available quantity.

5. Outline Preparing an ideal monthly order from a specific drug store. Quantity overstock for a specific item. Quantity shortage for of specific item Dealing with near expiry and expired items. Dealing with damaged products.

6. Quantity overstock for a specific item Not considering available quantity. Duplicate orders. Extra stocking of a slow moving item.

7. Outline Preparing an ideal monthly order from a specific drug store. Quantity overstock for a specific item. Quantity shortage for of specific item Dealing with near expiry and expired items. Dealing with damaged products.

8. Quantity shortage of a specific item Not considering average quantity. High season for a specific product. No good stocking of OTC products. No monthly orders for all drugs stores. Not ordering all item for a specific drug store and limit ordering to a known or a brand name of product.

9. Outline Preparing an ideal monthly order from a specific drug store. Quantity overstock for a specific item. Quantity shortage for of specific item Dealing with near expiry and expired items. Dealing with damaged products.

10. Dealing near expiry or expired items. Dealing damaged products.