Dispense Setup

In this article:

General FastTab

Charging FastTab

Dispenser FastTab

Number Series FastTab

Process Sequence


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:

  • None
  • Post
  • Post & Send
  • Post & Print
  • Post & Email
  • Post & Batch.

 

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)