Top 8 Must-Have Software For Pharmaceutical Manufacturing And Distribution

Pharmaceutical enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for businesses plays a crucial role in their development. Nowadays, there are more and more types of software options available which can overwhelm management activity, but inadvertently causing confusion for businesses. So how to choose the software that best suits your needs?

In this article, Aegona will compile 8 pharmaceutical enterprise management software that you can refer to for implementation.

1. Distribution Management Software (DMS)

Manage work status, track the location of sales representatives in the market:

• Monitor the schedule and routes of sales representatives.
• Monitor work efficiency, the number of customers vist, and signed orders.
• Detailed reports on the sales activities of each sales representative.

Customer management (distributors/pharmacies):

• Store detailed customer information, including address, contact, purchase history, etc.
• Classify customers by potential, location, etc.
• Provide information on customer needs and preferences to support effective sales.

Trade marketing management:

• Plan and implement promotions and discounts.
• Monitor the effectiveness of trade marketing campaign.
• Detailed reports on revenue and profit of each campaign.

Distributor Sell-in/Sell-out Management:

• Track the quantity of goods sold to distributors.
• Track the quantity of goods sold by distributors to agents/pharmacies.
• Detailed reports on the Sell-in/Sell-out status of each distributor.

2. Human Resource Management Software (HRM)

Attendance management:

• Attendance management by card, face, fingerprint.
• Manage timesheets, calculate salaries.
• Track employee attendance history.

Recruitment management:

• Post recruitment information.

Receive application documents.

• Review applications
• Select suitable candidates.

Training management:

• Develop training plans.
• Organize training courses.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training.

Performance evaluation management:

• Establish a performance evaluation system.
• Evaluate employee performance.
• Provide feedback to employees.

Document storage management:

• Store electronic employee records.
• Manage access to document storage.
• Search for document quickly and easily.

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3. Customer Relationship Management Software (CRM)

Customer information management:

• Store personal customer information such as name, phone number, email, account.
• Record purchase history, interactions with customers.
• Classify customers by potential, location, etc.

Customer needs research:

• Analyze data on customer purchasing behavior and preferences.
• Survey customer opinions.

Enhance customer service:

• Provide customer service: loyalty programs, promotions.
• Personalize the customer experience.

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4. Product Information Management Software (PIM)

Product identification:

• Assign barcodes to each product.
• Track product location in the warehouse.

Product tracking:

• Search for products by barcode.
• Track product in-out history.

Order management:

• Create orders for distributors.
• Track order status.

Note: can be integrated with DMS software to:

Update product information for distributors:

• Ensure distributors always have the latest product information.
• Help distributors sell products more effectively.

Track sales performance:

• Track sales of each product.
• Identify best-selling products.
• Analyze the effectiveness of promotions.

5. Warehouse Management Software (WMS)

Warehouse management

• Warehouse management system for multiple locations

Inventory management

• Manage the transportation of goods.
• Track and trace product origin.

Manage warehousing costs:

• Track warehousing costs by product.
• Analyze the efficiency of using warehousing costs.

Determine product cost and cost price:

• Calculate product cost and cost price based on warehousing costs.
• Ensure competitive product prices.

Determine the business results of the enterprise:

• Track sales revenue and profit of each product.
• Analyze the business performance of the enterprise.

Accurately assess market demand:

• Track the quantity of goods sold by region and time.
• Analyze market demand.

Predict user needs to make the right business decisions:

• Use historical sales data and other factors to predict user needs.
• Make smart business decisions.

6. Asset & Maintenance Management Software

Asset Management:

• Track detailed information about each asset, including name, description, manufacturer, model, serial number, purchase date, value, location, condition, etc.
• Plan and track maintenance, repair, and replacement schedules for each asset.
• Receive alerts when assets are nearing the end of their warranty or require maintenance.
• Track maintenance and repair costs for each asset.

Maintenance Management:

• Create and manage maintenance requests.
• Assign tasks to individual employees or teams.
• Track the progress of maintenance tasks.
• Record maintenance logs for each task.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance work.

Spare Parts Inventory Management:

• Track the quantity and condition of spare parts.
• Order and stock spare parts as needed.
• Receive alerts when spare parts are running low.

7. Integrated Digital Map Platform:

Data Visualization:

• Display supply chain data on a map, including supplier locations, factories, warehouses, points of sale, etc.
• Represent data in multiple ways, such as charts and images.
• Create custom maps to meet specific business needs.

Data Analysis:

• Use data analysis tools to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in the supply chain.
• Determine the factors that affect the efficiency of the supply chain.
• Make data-driven decisions to improve operational efficiency.

8. Demand Planning Software (DPS)

Demand Forecasting:

• Use advanced algorithms such as Machine Learning and Deep Learning to accurately forecast demand for each product and service across multiple sales channels, regions, and customer segments.
• Provide short-term and long-term demand forecasts.
• Allow forecast adjustments based on market factors, marketing campaigns, special events, etc.

Planning:

• Plan production, distribution, and sales based on demand forecasts.
• Balance supply and demand to avoid overstocking or stockouts.

Data Analysis:

• Analyze sales data, demand, market, etc.
• Identify the factors that affect demand.

Conclusion:

It can be said that there are more and more pharmaceutical enterprise management software that support businesses not only in the pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution industry but also in many others. If you still do not know which software to choose among the 8 mentioned above, or if you have difficulty in needing only a few features in this software and a few features in other software, you can contact Aegona to support custom software development, processing end-to-end pharmaceutical enterprise management software, committed to:

• Design and organize features according to standard UI UX requirements.
• Seamless data sharing between systems
• Software maintenance and upgrade on request

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