Retail
Pharmacies and drug stores
Lots, expiry and prescriptions. Core selling, stock and cash fit; gaps: clinical records and insurance claims.
Good fit, some gaps Planned NAICS 456 (4561)
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- prescription and over-the-counter sales
- lots and expiry
- controlled substances
- patient counselling
- insurance and claims in some markets
- front-store retail
Typical roles
- pharmacist
- pharmacy technician
- cashier
- owner
- buyer
- delivery driver
Day-to-day flows
- receive a prescription
- verify and dispense
- select stock by earliest expiry
- record lot
- counsel and sign
- bill the patient or an insurer
- record controlled-substance movements
Tenders and payments seen
- cash
- cards
- insurer co-pay
- mobile wallets recorded manually
- store credit
Inventory and assets
- lot and expiry tracking
- FEFOFirst-expired, first-out: pick the stock that expires soonest. Glossary
- controlled-substance registers
- fractional sales (blister, tablet)
- recalls
Reports they ask for
- expiry report
- controlled-substance register
- margin by supplier
- recall trace
- sales by prescriber (where lawful)
Integrations they need
- prescription systems
- insurer claim formats
- wholesalers
- regulator reports
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR, SVC.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Work orders, rentals, services | P Partial | SVC |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | C Catalogued | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Regulated goods (age, licence, traceability) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
| Clinical records and insurance claims | G Gap | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- the catalog has a pharmacy lot and prescription flag item (INV-0119), FEFO, expiry alerts and batch recall
- it has no prescription workflow, no drug-interaction checks, no controlled-substance register, no insurer claims adjudication, no patient profiles and no regulator reporting
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Age-restricted item prompt SALE-0045
- Product age restriction flag INV-0041
- Product expiry tracking INV-0033
- Batch / lot tracking INV-0034
- Batch recall INV-0063
- Customer ID capture for boleta > [amount omitted] SALE-0077
- ISC (selective consumption) PRC-0025
- Pharmacy lot & prescription flags INV-0119
- Fractional quantities SALE-0012
- Park / hold sale SALE-0026
- Recall parked sale SALE-0028
- Prompt for serial / batch on line SALE-0046
- Quote expiry & follow-up TKT-0034
- KDS recall bumped ticket KDSKitchen display system: a screen that replaces or supplements kitchen printers. Glossary-0021
- Recipe yield and unit conversion KDS-0030
- Production batch (prep) KDS-0034
Sub-verticals
Sub-vertical
Neighbourhood botica
owner-pharmacist, fractional sales, over-the-counter focus
Open →Sub-verticalChain pharmacy
many branches, central pricing
Open →Sub-verticalHospital outpatient pharmacy
insurer co-pays
Open →Sub-verticalHealth and beauty drugstore
front-store retail beside a counter
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- prescription and controlled-substance record-keeping
- pharmacist-in-charge rules
- cold-chain handling
- labelling
- privacy of health data
- insurance billing rules (all themes to verify; nothing here is a compliance claim)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- recall of one batch
- expired stock sold
- unit conversion (box to blister)
- controlled item discrepancy
- prescription stolen or altered
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 456 (4561) (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 44-45
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Food and Drug Stores; Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services
- Fit
- Good fit, some gaps
Public references consulted
- Keycentrix Newleaf pharmacy management (excerpt)
- Datascan: pharmacy management software versus a basic POS (excerpt)
- eCFR 21 CFR 1311.205 pharmacy application requirements (excerpt)
Questions
Is Simca ready for pharmacies and drug stores today?
No. Simca is in the design stage and has no released app. The catalog lists planned items relevant to this industry; Core selling, stock and cash fit; gaps: clinical records and insurance claims.
What is missing for pharmacies and drug stores?
the catalog has a pharmacy lot and prescription flag item (INV-0119), FEFO, expiry alerts and batch recall; it has no prescription workflow, no drug-interaction checks, no controlled-substance register, no insurer claims adjudication, no patient profiles and no regulator reporting.
Does this page give tax or regulatory advice?
No. Regulation entries are themes to verify with local authorities and advisers.
Is your industry here?
Tell us what your business needs. We will say honestly whether the plan covers it.