Optimizing time in the pharmacy: the automated warehouse to improve efficiency and operations
In pharmacy management, time is a valuable resource. Every minute spent on manual operations of searching, picking and loading medicines is a minute taken away from customer service and workflow optimization.
Adopting a Bertero automated warehouse makes it possible to save valuable time at every stage of logistics management, from installation speed to fast dispensing of medicines.
Let’s look at three key areas where an automated warehouse can make a difference, helping pharmacies work more efficiently.
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1. Fast installation: immediate savings
One of the main obstacles to adopting new technologies in the pharmacy is the time required for installation. While many automated warehouses require up to 15 days of downtime, Bertero completes installation in just 3–4 days, often working while the pharmacy remains open – thereby eliminating any slowdown linked to temporary closure of the business.
This speed provides immediate benefits:
• Minimal downtime, reducing the impact on turnover;
• Immediate resumption of service without long operational interruptions;
• Greater efficiency in the transition from the old to the new system.
Thanks to a pre-assembly and testing phase carried out at our facilities, installation is performed quickly and without surprises, ensuring immediate system start-up.
2. Automatic medicine loading: zero wasted time
Medicine loading is one of the most time-consuming operations in warehouse management. In traditional systems, pharmacists have to manually insert each pack, checking placement and expiry date.
With the MicroLoad Automatic Loader, included as standard in Bertero warehouses, this operation becomes completely automated:
• medicines are placed in the loader without the need for manual arrangement;
• the system recognizes the products and organizes them by expiry date, ensuring that those
with the nearest date are used first;
• no risk of placement errors, reducing time wasted on later searches.
Thanks to this technology, the time needed to load a batch of medicines is drastically reduced, allowing staff to focus on customer care rather than warehouse management.
3. Immediate medicine picking: speed and accuracy
In traditional warehouses, manually searching for medicines takes time and can cause errors. With a Bertero automated warehouse, the entire process of searching for and dispensing medicines is optimized thanks to an intelligent robotic arm, which retrieves and delivers the medicine in just a few seconds.
How does automated picking work?
• The pharmacist requests the medicine from the management software.
• The robotic arm immediately locates and picks it, selecting the pack with the nearest expiry date to avoid waste.
• The medicine is transported and delivered directly to the counter, eliminating errors and reducing waiting times.
What are the benefits?
• No search time, with immediate delivery to the counter.
• Fewer picking errors, always guaranteeing the correct pack.
• Faster customer service, improving the purchasing experience in the pharmacy.
Thanks to this automation, the time required to pick and deliver medicines is significantly reduced, making work in the pharmacy smoother and better organized.
Choosing a Bertero automated warehouse means recovering valuable hours every day, cutting dead time linked to installation, loading and dispensing of medicines.
• Fast installation in 3–4 days, avoiding long service interruptions.
• Automatic loader included as standard, for fast, error-free loading.
• Automated medicine picking, with immediate delivery to the counter.