PHARMACY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Advances in web and mobile application technology have significantly changed the nature of healthcare services; nonetheless, many retail pharmacies currently employ manual or semi-automatic systems for managing their medicine stocks, monitoring the expiry dates of medicines, and processing customer orders. These conventional systems cause inconsistency in data, postponing decision-making processes and thereby inviting more operational mistakes. In this context, this paper describes an optimized web-based Pharmacy Management System capable of automating and managing essential activities related to a pharmacy via a dedicated and interactive web-based interface. The developed web-based system is implemented using React JS for the frontend and Node JS/Express JS for server functionalities, along with MongoDB for the management of data securely and effectively. These systems also incorporate essential facilities like secure user log-in mechanisms, role-based access management, online live monitoring of medicine stocks, automatic notifications for nearing stocks and expiry medicines, and efficient order management. Through a real-time implementation and a relevant case study, it is shown that the automated web-based system can effectively minimize manual labour, increase data correctness, and ensure improved operational efficiency and subsequent scalability.