“Care to the Core” – A lean principle incorporated pharmacy inventory management system.

Introduction Inventory management includes a series of processes that deal with the flow of drugs from manufacturer to pharmacy store and supplied to various pharmacies in the hospital from where drugs are dispensed to patients according to their needs. This process is known as supply chain management. Inventory control is a challenging process as there several problems arising starting from maintaining sufficient inventory levels and avoiding overstock, fulfilling customer demand, and to minimize inventory burden. Inventory control explains how to optimize the available resources with a view to reduce the material costs and achieving improved capital turn over.