Technology Services

Order Entry and Reporting Systems

A) entelligence ^sm

entelligence ^sm is the industry's premier executive pharmacy information management tool that enables customers to take control and effectively manage and monitor their procurement strategy.

entelligence ^sm rolls up purchase data from each point of purchasing within an environment and provides comprehensive reporting to evaluate purchasing at the individual pharmacy and corporate levels. Timely reports through entelligence ^sm help the organization improve purchasing and inventory-management decisions and identify where cost-saving opportunities exist. The organization gains immediate access to detailed item-usage information, and flexible reporting provides information in the format that is most useful to their needs.

entelligence ^sm features:

• 30 months of purchase history
• Controlled substance reports
• AHFS drug categorization
• Aggregated generic 80/20 reports
• Electronic service flash reports
• Aggregated lost generic opportunity
• Market share
• Centralized procurement information management
• Summarized purchasing detail
• Efficient report generation
• Prospective analytical tools

• Customizing their portfolio-management strategy
• Providing leverage in negotiation opportunities
• Conducting efficient purchasing analysis
• Allowing rapid decision support
• Enabling pharmacists to spend more time with patients

• Immediate Internet access through the www.cardinal.com Web site
• Enhancement of the pharmacy's operational efficiencies
  • Real-time stock status
  • Up-to-the-minute pricing
  • Real-time allocation of product from the distribution centers
  • Instant order confirmation
  • Electronic credits and returns
• Capacity of the pharmacy to stay within contract portfolios during each pre- and post-order stage of purchasing
• Contract/program ranking that drives purchasing activity
• Recommendations for the highest ranked (lowest cost/unit) contract item
• Promotion of orders of preferred products

• Increasing profitability and gross margin
• Streamlining ordering and operational management time
• Enabling pharmacists to spend more time with patients
• Creating better, faster and more useful operational information
• Enhancing and simplifying critical daily and strategic operational decisions
• Providing the technology necessary to stay competitive
• Maximizing contract and program compliance
• Optimizing third-party reimbursements

Mobile Solutions

Mobile Solutions empowers you to leverage the receiving and ordering functionality of cardinal.com without being constrained to a desktop. Mobile Solutions is a handheld scanning device based on Pocket PC™ technology. It gives you the freedom to move untethered about the pharmacy and work directly with your inventory. Mobile Solutions makes the pharmacy more efficient in its daily processes.

With Mobile Solutions, ordering product can now be done with greater efficiency and flexibility. Product bar codes can be scanned from the shelf label or from the product itself. History and product details can also be accessed and reviewed right from the Mobile Solutions device.

As product is received, you can record product by piece, case and tote with the quick scan of the license plate. Since the device is completely self-contained and not constrained by a computer cable, product can be checked-in anywhere in the pharmacy or warehouse. Data can then be transferred to and evaluated on cardinal.com.

With Mobile Solutions, the partnership between your pharmacy and cardinal.com will enable you to focus more on patient care. The result is a more efficient pharmacy and better results to your bottom line.