Trust but Verify, A Solution for Short Dated Products..

Short dated and expired goods – whose responsibility is it?

It seems that  wholesalers/suppliers and manufacturers cannot agree on who should take the financial hit when products need to be pulled from the shelf. 

As a distributor since you use inventory control practices to ensure consistent product turns, which drive the re-order process, Those controls should be able to minimize the incidence of non-salable expired goods.  However having said that it's not always consistent across the board and many vendors offer different policies about returning expired goods.

Additionally it can be a significant sales opportunity if you are aware of, and have the information on what products are going to become short dated and use that to make a large sale or purchase. 

If there is a business "partnership" where the supplier agrees to ship you items with a minimum expiration date with the MDS-Nx you can now Trust but Verify.

On a vendor by vendor basis you can now setup business rules to prevent short dated product from getting into your inventory or advise you in real time so you can make a business decision, negotiate pricing, or find a buyer before you lose your inventory investment. 

Based upon rules in the vendor profile you can decide what is considered short dated and display warnings as well as generate alerts based upon any product that is received if it does not meet your criteria..

Increase your profits 

Prevent waste 

and use our business tools to 

"Trust but Verify"

For more information on TSH or MDS call The Systems House, Inc. at 1-800- MDS-5556. Or send a message to sales@tshinc.com

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Try before you buy...

Imagine your business operations cleaner easier and faster

The Systems House’s Try and Buy offering will allow you to evaluate the MDS-Nx system with your Customers and Products.. The MDS-Nx Distribution System is a cost-effective, enterprise wide system specifically designed to meet the business challenges of Medical/Pharma distributors.  Let us show you our system working with your information to make your operations cleaner easier and faster today. For a Limited Time we are offering a FREE try before you buy implementation of the MDS-Nx System with your data on our cloud servers. Click Here to start your try and buy today!! Don’t be held back by standalone software systems that cut performance and profitability.

• Increase speed and precision of business processes, from sales orders to financials to purchasing
• Connect customers, manufacturers and partners across multiple systems, so the right products get to the right locations at the right times 
• Configure and Manage Supplier and Customer Rebates with Contract Management/ GPO’s/Buying Groups
• Easily comply with complex Federal and State regulations
• Reduce risk through advanced  ePedigree, DEA/ARCOS, narcotics and  compliance reporting
• Track and Trace drugs across your entire supply chain for accurate reporting, pricing, recall and return purposes
• Utilize Websites and Social Media to increase customer visibility and expand your client base

Review our Industry Specific version of the MDS system with added benefits for:

MDS Healthcare provides scalability for rapid growth in targeted medical segments

o   Pharmaceutical

o   Medical/Surgical  

o   EMS - Emergency

o   Physician

o   Acute Care

o   LTC/Home Health

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Sticky Marketing - Make your Own Reorder Labels

The MDS-Nx System now offers Reorder Labels  designed to support long-term care , Retail Pharmacy and offers integration with our ScanConnect Web Based Inventory Management System. 

Reorder Labels can contain standard Product label information as well as contact information, pricing and quantity as well as the date ordered to prompt the  customer to reorder in a timely fashion.  Reorder Labels are a standard Zebra label and use off the shelf and readily available technology.

Reorder Labels integrate with our Fast and Accurate Barcode Inventory Management System called ScanConnect. With ScanConnect your customers can reorder by using barcode scanners directly in each facility and sending the orders to you via the Internet.

It benefits both you and your customers by:

• Saving time and order costs
• Eliminating keystroke-generated errors
• Reviewing scheduled orders allowing for inventory management and automated reorders

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Rebates and Contracts and Sales Tracings, Oh My!!

Some us of may be familiar with the phrase Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!! if not see the video below. But what it has really come to represent is someone who is fearful of a rumored threat. But if you watch the movie or see the story you will realize it was not a real threat, just something to scare you with.. 

Well in many industries,  Rebates and Contracts and Sales Tracings have come to represent those scary rumored threats. And prevent companies from taking advantage of contract pricing and costing options. 


But with the MDS Rebate Management System that's no longer a problem.

—       Simply match to the example Spreadsheet from your vendor —and save it as an MDS Rebate Format. —Then use it to generate a sales tracing based upon your selection criteria, Using the output format specified by your vendor. To assist you MDS includes a database of  pre-existing —Vendor Format Templates available as a Library. now you don't have to be scared by the threat of having to send your sales tracings and track your products and customers. Take advantage of GPO Pricing and Rebates while streamlining your business. 

Link to the Video for those who love the Wizard of Oz.

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Hope you had a great Turkey Day , President signs Drug Quality and Security Act

Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving Holiday.  In case you missed it,  
just before the break the president signed H.R 3204, The Drug Quality and Security Act.  Now that is has passed here is a quick recap from our friends at HIDA. As your review some of the highlights of the bill,  and  the coming affect on the Healthcare Supply Chain,  feel free to reach out out to TSH to help you navigate the regulatory maze.

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Click here for an overview: http://energycommerce.house.gov/fact-sheet/hr-3204-drug-quality-and-security-act
or for the full text: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr3204/text

Last Wednesday, the president signed the Drug Quality and Security Act (H.R. 3204) into law, creating a national prescription drug pedigree solution. 

 HIDA Government Affairs has created a summary of H.R. 3204, which includes a flowchart highlighting the information required to be passed by trading partners. 

The Drug Quality and Security Act (H.R. 3204) creates a uniform, national standard for tracing pharmaceuticals through the supply chain.  The bill ensures the safety of drugs for patients and the immediate preemption provision eliminates the burdensome patchwork of state pedigree laws. Wholesale distributors can start conducting business the same way in all 50 states

Key Provisions Important to Medical Surgical and Pharma Distributors:

1.  National uniform standard with immediate state preemption of pedigree laws.  
2.  Key exemptions for convenience kits, IVs, combination products, etc. 
3.  Affiliate language so that all companies (C Corps, S Corps and LLCs, etc) can conduct intracompany transfers of pharmaceutical product.
4.  Medical surgical distributors are not mandated to provide all information required to be passed down the supply chain in one document.
5.  Federal Licensure standards for pharmaceutical distributors.

Key Terms:  The terms below are important to understand as different trading partners are required to pass different combinations of the documents depending on upstream and downstream trading partners. 

• The transaction information (TI) includes the name of the product, strength and dosage form,  National Drug Code (NDC), the container size, the number of containers, the lot number, the transaction date, the shipment date, and the name and address of the businesses from which and to which ownership is being transferred. 
• A transaction history (TH) is a paper or electronic statement that includes the transaction information for each prior transaction back to the manufacturer. 
• A transaction statement (TS) is a paper or electronic attestation by the business transferring ownership of the product that it has complied with the Act.

Key Dates:

•  Prior to January 1, 2015:  The federal Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 (PDMA) requirements remain in place during the interim period between enactment and the start of Phase I requirements.  
•  January 1, 2015:  Phase I begins requiring manufacturers, wholesalers and repackagers to  comply with applicable traceability requirements and engage with only “authorized trading partners”
•  July 1, 2015:  Dispensers must comply with applicable traceability requirements.
•  4 Years After Enactment:  Manufacturers must have all product serialized.
•  5 Years After Enactment:  Repackagers must have all product serialized.
•  6 Years After Enactment: Wholesalers must only engage in transactions with serialized product.
•  7 Years After Enactment: Dispensers must only engage in transactions with serialized product.
•  10 Years After Enactment: Trading partners must be compliant with Phase II.  

Phase II is self effectuating (does not require final FDA regulations) and requires an interoperable electronic system that traces serialized product at the unit level through the supply chain.

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