Orus Studio
Pharmaceuticals

ERP for Pharmaceutical Distribution

Batch, expiry and drug-licence discipline as standard

Pharmaceutical distribution is governed by batch and date at every step. Stock is not fungible: two boxes of the same product with different expiry are different stock, dispatch order is dictated by expiry, and returns near expiry carry a credit obligation. A general ERP treats them as one SKU, and that single assumption causes most of the pain.

8-14 weeks

What goes wrong in pharmaceuticals

Expiry write-offs discovered too late

Without expiry-ahead alerting at category-appropriate lead times, stock reaches the point where it can no longer be returned to the supplier for credit.

Dispatch ignores FEFO

Picking by convenience rather than first-expiry-first-out pushes near-dated stock deeper into the channel, where it comes back as a return.

Schedule H registers kept by hand

Maintaining prescription-drug registers manually is both a compliance exposure and a daily administrative cost.

Stockist claims are unreconciled

Breakage, expiry and scheme claims from stockists arrive against invoices months old, and reconciling them manually is where margin quietly disappears.

Built for this sector

Modules that exist because of your industry

On top of the full standard ERP — sales, purchase, stores, accounts and HR are all included.

01

Batch and expiry as first-class stock

Every movement carries batch and expiry; two batches of one product are never treated as interchangeable stock.

02

FEFO picking enforcement

Dispatch defaults to first-expiry-first-out with override requiring a reason, and blocks expired batches outright.

03

Expiry-ahead alerting

Configurable lead times per category, aligned to your suppliers' return windows so credit is still available when stock is flagged.

04

Schedule H and H1 registers

Prescription drug registers maintained automatically from dispatch records, in the format drug inspectors ask for.

05

Saleable and breakage returns

Return processing graded to resale, supplier credit or destruction, with the destruction record retained.

06

Stockist claims and schemes

Scheme discounts, breakage and expiry claims tracked against the originating invoice so reconciliation is automatic rather than archaeological.

Plans

Pick the size that fits

Every limit is published rather than buried in a contract. Past the Business limits we quote against your real usage.

Starter

A single site getting off spreadsheets

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Users included
Up to 10
Transactions per month
3,000
Document storage
25 GB
Locations / branches
1
API requests
25,000 / month
Connected apps
3 connected apps
Data history
12 months of history
Support
Email, 2 business days
Onboarding
Guided setup + 1 training session
Source code
Not included
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Growth

Most chosen

A growing team across a few locations

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Users included
Up to 50
Transactions per month
15,000
Document storage
150 GB
Locations / branches
Up to 3
API requests
250,000 / month
Connected apps
10 connected apps
Data history
5 years of history
Support
Email + WhatsApp, same business day
Onboarding
Full migration + training per team
Source code
Included on annual plans
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Business

Multi-site operations with real volume

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Users included
Up to 200
Transactions per month
60,000
Document storage
750 GB
Locations / branches
Up to 15
API requests
1,500,000 / month
Connected apps
Unlimited connected apps
Data history
Unlimited history
Support
Priority, 4-hour response, named engineer
Onboarding
Full migration, training and process mapping
Source code
Included, monthly or annual
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Enterprise

Beyond the published limits — scoped with you

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Users included
200+ — scoped with you
Transactions per month
Unmetered — sized with you
Document storage
Sized to your data
Locations / branches
Unlimited
API requests
Sized to your integrations
Connected apps
Unlimited, including bespoke
Data history
Unlimited, with archival policy
Support
Dedicated engineer, contractual SLA
Onboarding
Dedicated implementation team
Source code
Included, with escrow if required
Talk to sales

What happens if you outgrow a plan

Nothing breaks and nothing is cut off. We flag it when you are consistently near a limit, and you either move up a tier or, past the Business limits, we scope an Enterprise plan against your real usage. We would rather quote you properly than serve you at a loss and then renegotiate — so heavy users are priced honestly from the start.

Compliance for your sector

Schedule H and H1 registers under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules
Drug licence number and validity carried on invoices and dispatch documents
Batch-wise traceability for recall, retained for the statutory period
GST with correct rate treatment across formulations and APIs
Narcotic and psychotropic register handling where applicable
Everything included

59 platform capabilities, on top of the modules

ERP for Pharmaceutical Distribution inherits the whole platform — security, compliance, reporting, integrations and mobile. This is the full list, and which plan each capability starts on.

Access & permissions

Who can see and change what, and the record of who did.

CapabilityStarterGrowthBusinessEnterprise
Role-based permissions
Permissions by role and by department, down to individual fields.
Per-record access rules
Restrict records by branch, territory, team or ownership.
Full audit trail
Every create, edit, view and delete logged with user, timestamp and previous value.
Approval chains
Multi-step approvals on discounts, purchases, write-offs and edits, configurable per document.
Two-factor authentication
TOTP or SMS-based second factor, enforceable per role.
Single sign-on (SSO)
SAML and Google Workspace sign-in for centralised account control.
IP restrictions
Limit access to your office network or a VPN range.
Session policy
Session timeouts, forced re-authentication and remote sign-out.

Data & reliability

Your data stays yours, retrievable and intact.

CapabilityStarterGrowthBusinessEnterprise
Automated encrypted backups
Daily backups, encrypted at rest, with a documented and tested restore.
Point-in-time recovery
Restore to a specific moment rather than the last nightly snapshot.
Full data export
Export everything to CSV or Excel at any time, without asking us.
Scheduled exports
Automatic exports to email, SFTP or cloud storage on a schedule.
Data migration from your old system
Masters, opening balances and history migrated during implementation.
Soft delete and restore
Deleted records are recoverable for a retention window, not gone.
Database-level encryption
Encryption at rest and in transit throughout.
Source code delivery
The complete application source, so you are never dependent on us continuing to exist.

Indian compliance

Statutory requirements handled natively, not bolted on.

CapabilityStarterGrowthBusinessEnterprise
GST invoicing
CGST/SGST/IGST by HSN or SAC, with correct place-of-supply treatment.
GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B data
Return-ready exports in the format your CA files.
E-invoice (IRN & QR)
IRN generation and QR printing for businesses above the threshold.
E-way bill generation
Direct NIC portal integration including Part-B vehicle updates.
TDS computation
Deduction, certificates and quarterly return data.
Sequential invoice numbering
Unbroken series maintained even across offline terminals and branches.
Statutory registers
Books and registers in formats acceptable to audit and inspection.
Multi-state configuration
State-wise tax, professional tax and labour rules where they differ.

Reporting & analytics

Numbers the people who need them will actually open.

CapabilityStarterGrowthBusinessEnterprise
Role-specific dashboards
The owner, the manager and the operator each see their own figures.
Standard report library
Dozens of built-in operational and financial reports per module.
Custom report builder
Build and save your own reports without writing SQL.
Scheduled report delivery
Reports emailed or sent on WhatsApp daily, weekly or monthly.
Drill-down from any figure
Click a number and reach the transactions behind it.
Comparative and trend analysis
Period-on-period comparison, moving averages and variance.
Direct database access
Read-only credentials for your own BI tool — Power BI, Metabase, Excel.

Integrations & extensibility

It has to talk to what you already run.

CapabilityStarterGrowthBusinessEnterprise
REST API
Documented API covering every module, with keys you manage.
Webhooks
Push events to your own systems as they happen.
Tally integration
Two-way sync so your CA carries on working as they do today.
Payment gateways
Razorpay, PayU, Cashfree, Stripe and bank net-banking.
WhatsApp Business API
Templated transactional messaging with consent tracking.
DLT-registered SMS
Compliant transactional SMS through your own DLT templates.
Email and calendar
Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 for mail, calendar and contacts.
Custom integrations
Bespoke connectors to legacy systems, including ones with no API.

Mobile & offline

Because the people using it are rarely at a desk.

CapabilityStarterGrowthBusinessEnterprise
Android and iOS apps
Native apps, branded to you, included rather than sold separately.
Offline data capture
Keep working without a connection; entries queue and sync on reconnect.
Barcode and QR scanning
Phone camera or dedicated scanner, no separate licence.
Photo and document capture
Attach evidence from the field directly against a record.
Push notifications
Approvals, alerts and exceptions pushed to the right person.
GPS and geo-fencing
Location stamping and geo-fenced attendance where relevant.

Customisation

Shaped to your process rather than the other way round.

CapabilityStarterGrowthBusinessEnterprise
Custom fields
Add fields to any record without a code release.
Custom document formats
Invoices, challans and reports in your own layout and branding.
Configurable workflows
Change approval routes, statuses and rules yourself.
Automation rules
Trigger actions on events — alerts, assignments, status changes.
Multi-language interface
English plus one regional language on customer-facing surfaces.
White labelling
Your logo, colours and domain throughout, including the mobile apps.
Bespoke module development
New modules built for processes the standard product does not cover.

Deployment & support

Where it runs and who answers when something breaks.

CapabilityStarterGrowthBusinessEnterprise
Cloud hosting included
India-hosted by default, managed and monitored by us.
On-premise deployment
Run it on your own server where data cannot leave your building.
Uptime monitoring
Monitored continuously, with alerting before you notice.
Staging environment
A separate environment to test changes before they reach production.
Training per team
Delivered separately per user group, because their needs differ.
Named support engineer
Someone who knows your setup, not a rotating ticket queue.
Contractual SLA
Response and resolution times written into the agreement.

We speak your language

Terms the system models natively, not as custom fields.

FEFO
First Expiry First Out — dispatch order governed by expiry date rather than receipt date.
Schedule H
The class of drugs requiring a prescription and a maintained sales register.
Saleable return
Stock returned in resaleable condition and far enough from expiry to re-enter inventory.
Breakage claim
A stockist's claim for damaged goods, credited against the original invoice.

Who this is for

  • Pharmaceutical distributors and C&F agents
  • Formulators selling through a stockist network
  • Surgical and medical device distributors with expiry-dated stock
  • Distributors losing margin to unreconciled stockist claims

Questions from pharmaceuticals buyers

Does it cover manufacturing, or only distribution?

This variant is built for distribution and formulation handling. Full GMP manufacturing with computerised-system validation is a different and larger scope — if you need that, say so upfront and we will scope it honestly rather than stretching this to fit.

Can it handle multiple drug licences across branches?

Yes. Each location carries its own licence number and validity, printed on that location's documents, with expiry alerts before a licence lapses.

How are recalls handled?

A batch can be traced forward to every stockist and invoice it reached, which is what a recall notice has to be issued against. That trace is the reason batch discipline is enforced everywhere rather than only at dispatch.

See it running with your own data

Bring one of your real jobs to the demo. We will configure it live and tell you honestly where the fit is weak.

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