4.1 Arrangement

• Stock Classification and Coding

  1. By Therapeutic or Pharmacological Class

  • Can be used for larger stores that carry multiple stocks per class
  • Can also be used for smaller stores and facilities where the store-keeper is also the dispenser
• Stock Classification and Coding

  2. Product Name in Alphabetical Order (Generic or Brand Names)

  • Attractive in stores with smaller number of items
• Stock Classification and Coding

  3. Dosage Form

  • Useful for storage in warehouses
• Stock Classification and Coding

  4. Random Bin

  • Code is used that denotes a unique storage space ID
• Commodity Codes

  • These are based on a unique article code such as in:
  • The WHO technical specifications
  • UNICEF stock codes
  • Philippine Standard Commodity Classification
• Location Codes

  • Codes that are independent of the article code and is similar to the Random bin principle
• Location Codes

  Codes can be designed to incorporate numerous characteristics such as:

  • Correct storage temperatures
  • Correct security levels
  • Product flammability
  • Building where the product is located
  • Pack size
  • Pharmaceutical form
• Assigning Codes

  • Article codes can be designed to specify therapeutic class, clinical indication,, level of use, location, or any other relevant data
• Assigning Codes Advantages:

  • Storekeeping staff do not need to have specific knowledge of pharmaceutical names and therapeutic uses
  • Changes in national medicines list can easily be introduced by assigning unique article codes to new products
  • Article codes work well in a computerized system
• Arrangement of Pharmaceutical Products Common practice:

  • Therapeutic category, dosage form or alphabetical order within those categories
  • Generic or Brand Names, also alphabetically arranged
• • Treatment rooms and medicines trolley carts/kits preferably by therapeutic class
  • Liquids for internal use must be separated from those for external use
• Planogram

  Visual diagram used as a guide for pharmacies in arranging products on the shelves or a store layout
• Some factors that affect a planogram’s layout:

  • Preferred arrangement of the establishment
  • Dosage form and storage requirements
  • Fast-moving products
  • Promotional materials/Merchandising agreements with manufacturers
• • Knowledge on Sound-Alike, Look-Alike Drugs (SALADs)
  • High Alert Medications (HAMs) identification, and proper placement of labels/stickers
  • Application of the practice of FEFO/FIFO
  • Maintenance of the orderliness of stock arrangements, including its regular and timely replenishment