X/Procure® - Electronic Procurement & Media Solutions

X/procure® Software delivers ground-breaking electronic procurement and advertising software to the South African healthcare industry. In 2005 the company became a subsidiary of Primedia Unlimited, the ambient advertising arm of Primedia Limited. Now, in 2007 its Version 3 pharmacy software interface has been completely revamped making it faster, better, simpler to use giving both pharmacists and advertisers further value added benefits.Among the system’s improved offerings are a dedicated Loyalty section which allows pharmacies to interact directly with the incentive programme and be aware at all times of their rewards status; an added Library function assists pharmacists to improve their knowledge through access to industry specific content, tutorials or newsfeeds, and the Overstock function allows pharmacists to list their overstocked items and distribute these to a closed group of users. Pharmacists will be alerted every morning of the update of their X/points status (X/procure®’s unique rewards programme) from the previous day, which means they are always aware of their X/points balance. To further enhance the features, Custom Reports were re-defined, making the reports on X/procure® more user-friendly. Pharmacists can now even search for order numbers on the system. Another feature requested by valued clients, the Pharmacists, was to include a monthly history on the Order screen, which would assist in preventing over stock situations in pharmacy. “Search speed for Version 3 has been greatly improved and the pharmacists’ monthly history can be displayed including or excluding regrets received,” says Deon Lewis, MD for X/procure®. “On the advertising opportunities front, default advertising has been increased from one to infinity, with rolling ads – a great opportunity for pharmaceutical manufacturers to reach this niched market who continuously interact with our system.” “In line with current trends, all advertising is now fully animated ensuring more interaction directly with pharmacists. This includes our Intervention advertising (where one brand is suggested whilst another has been requested).”“Our 1200 pharmacy clients are integral to the success of X/procure®,” says Deon. “It’s imperative that we offer a service that cannot be matched elsewhere. We are confident that our added features in Version 3 will forge an even stronger relationship between us, the wholesalers and the pharmacists, our end user.” Sales and Marketing Director, J D Henderson and Operations Director Lourens Barnard, proud of the unique and successful X/procure®’ facilities offered to pharmacies, constantly monitor world wide marketing trends and competitive facilities to ensure the company’s offerings remain the best of breed in the eyes of their pharmaceutical clients.“We’re still not satisfied,” says Lourens Barnard, “We have an R & D team constantly investigating innovative ideas and opportunities to ensure X/procure® retains the high ground for our pharmacy ordering clients and for the manufacturers who advertise to the pharmacists on the ordering system!
About X/procure®
X/procure® is an electronic procurement software system currently installed in over 50% of South African pharmacies and facilitates the purchase of scheduled and OTC pharmaceutical, surgical and front shop requirements directly from wholesalers and distributors.The software allows for the buyer to search a database of more than one million line items, accurately compare prices, deals and specials, and easily build, send and manage purchase orders.The software accommodates multi-users, fast product searching facilities, logical and accurate price structures, efficient re-order and regret management, easy identification of the best priced generic equivalents, and essentially, the ability to integrate a number of point of sale and stock systems. These benefits save time and dramatically improve the efficiency of stock management in pharmacies.Boasting a wide range of electronic advertising mediums the X/procure® software also facilitates electronic advertising directly to the pharmacist at the time when the buying decision is made. Through key industry partnerships X/procure® uniquely closes the advertising loop in pharmacy by also offering electronic advertising mediums on the dispensing and point of sale computers.Advertising mediums range from text based messaging to image banner advertising to intervention adverts and interactive mediums. X/procure®’s extensive advertising reach can offer the advertiser access to over 2 600 computer screens in 1 500 pharmacies country wide.