Dispense Setup
In this article:
The Dispense Setup helps you get started with dose dispensing and allows you to customize the process to suit your needs.
General FastTab
| Field | Description |
| Store No. | Store where the dispensing activities take place. |
| Default Stock Location | Default location to be automatically used as the stock location in Dispense Orders. |
| Customer Handling | If set to Always Create Customer, selecting the Pharmacy Customer No. on a dispense order will prompt the user to create a new Accounts/Receivable Customer record related to the Pharmacy Customer. Note:This only happens if one does not already exist. |
| Prescription Due (Days) |
Used to calculate the number of prescriptions due on the Pharmacy Dispense Activities part of the dispense role center. |
| Add Days (Repacking Expiry) | Used to calculate the New Expiry Date of Dispense Repack Labels. |
| Customer (Use As Template) |
This serves as a template for creating a customer when the Pharmacy Customer No. is selected on a dispense order.
Note: The system only prompts the user to create a customer if the Customer Handling setting is configured to Always Create A/R. |
| Prescription Exp. Date Formula | Used to calculate the prescription's expiring date of a dispensing line. |
| Dispense Due Warning (Days) | Used to calculate the number of dispenses due on the Pharmacy Dispense Activities part of the dispense role center |
| Popup on Draft/Confirm | Specifies if the user is prompted to accept the confirmation of a dispense order. |
| Production Date Update | Specifies if the production date fields are updated during exportation or production. |
| Allow to Process Non Dispense Items | If checked, dispense orders can be processed even with non dispense items. |
| Confirm with Exp. Prescription | If checked, dispense orders can be confirmed even with expired prescriptions. |
| Base Strenght UOM | The Strength UOM to which all other strengths are converted to, in calculation of issued, dispensed and remaining quantities. |
| Skip Hekla check when paid by company | If checked, the Hekla check for new e-prescriptions at production is skipped when the dispense is paid by a company. |
| Create automatic Command Log Entry | Automatically creates Log Entries when e-prescription lookup is canceled or when a Dispense Line containing an e-prescription is deleted. |
| Reserve E-prescription for | Specifies what field (Source Department or Delivery Location Code) on the Dispense Order controls what store reserves e-Prescriptions. |
Charging FastTab
There are different types of charges that can be applied when dispensing:
- Dispense Charge
- Manual Dispense
- Tablet Splitting
- Home Delivery
| Field | Description |
| Dispense Charge Posting No. | The item used on invoice lines that represents the Dispense Charge. |
| Dispense Charge (Pr. Day) |
How much to charge per day. Note: You can configure Dispense Charging Thresholds to apply a fixed charge amount based on the number of days being processed. This can be done either through the Dispense Charging Thresholds action or by using the lookup in this field. |
| Manual Dispense Charge No. (Pr. Line) | The item used on invoice lines that represents the Manual Dispense Charge. This charge is applied per Order Line. |
| Manual Dispense Charge Amount (Pr. Line) | Per line amount of the Manual Dispense Charge. |
| Manual Dispense Charge No. (Pr. Order) | The item used on invoice lines that represents the Manual Dispense Charge. This charge is applied per Dispense Order. |
| Manual Dispense Charge Amount (Pr. Order) | Per order amount of the Manual Dispense Charge. |
| Inc/Exp Account for Pickup at POS | G/L Account to be used when dispense order is picked up at POS. |
| Splitting Charge No. (Pr. Line) | The item used on invoice lines that represents the Tablet Splitting Charge. This charge is applied per Order Line. |
| Splitting Charge Amount (Pr. Line) | Per line amount of the Tablet Splitting Charge. |
| Splitting Charge No. (Pr. Order) | The item used on invoice lines that represents the Tablet Splitting Charge. This charge is applied per Order. |
| Splitting Charge Amount (Pr. Order) | Per order amount of the Tablet Splitting Charge. |
| Home Delivery Charge No. | The item used on invoice lines that represents the Home Delivery Charge. |
| Home Delivery (Pr. Production) | Per production order amount of the Home Delivery Charge. |
| Retail Price Group | Apply different pricing depending on the selected Retail Price Group. |
| Drug Price Group | Apply different pricing depending on the selected Drug Price Group. |
| Drug Price Group (Fallback) | Fallback pricing group used if no price is available in the primary Drug Price Group. |
| Price Per Tablet | Enable this option to apply pricing on a per-tablet basis. |
| Insurance G/L Account | Specifies the G/L account used for posting insurance-related G/L entries. |
| Default Insurance | Specifies the default insurance to be applied when no other is selected. |
| Insurance Text (On Invoice) | Description for insurance-related created sales lines. |
| Invoicing |
Choose whether to create one invoice Per Production Order or combine them into one Per Production Batch. Note: Per Production Batch creates one invoice per batch and per Invoice To customer, since there can be dispense orders with different invoiced customers in the same batch. |
| Invoice Posting |
Defines what the system does with sales invoices generated via the Post & Create Invoices action in the Dispense Sheet. Available options:
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Dispenser FastTab
| Field | Description |
| Export Option | When the option Includes Manual Dispense is selected, the system exports dispensing information even if it is a manual process. |
| Export File Extension | Choose the file type you want for the export. |
| Location Prefix in Export File | If checked, the delivery location will be used as a prefix in the export file name. |
| Location Prefix (No. of Chars) | Choose how many characters from the delivery location should be used in the export file name prefix. |
Number Series FastTab
Here you define the Number Series of the dispensing related documents. The possible series are:
- Dispense Order No. Series
- Dispense Production No. Series
- Pharmacy Dispensation ID No. Series
- Replacement Batch No. Series
- Invoice No. Series
- Production Batch No. Series
- Export File Name No. Series
- Repacking No. Series
Note: Dispense Order No. Series and Dispense Production No. Series lines should contain numeric only values to comply with external e-Prescription and Insurance processes.
Process Sequence
By setting up a Process Sequence, you can use the Process Batch action on the Dispense Sheet to complete multiple steps with a single click.
You can configure the following steps to be included in the sequence:
- Create Orders
- Process Insurance
- Send To Dispenser
- Print Labels
- Print Check Report
- Print Delivery Report
- Print Delivery Report (Home)