ERP for Pharmaceutical Distribution
Batch, expiry and drug-licence discipline in every movement
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. We extend our ERP core so batch and expiry drive every movement.
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ERP from ₹5,000/month; your industry setup is scoped with you
In the ERP today
Try them yourself in the live demo
- Sales & CRM
- Purchase
- Inventory & warehouse
- Production & planning
- Quality & maintenance
- Finance & GST working
- Reports & dashboards
For pharmaceuticals
Some are in the ERP today, some are built for you: we confirm which
- Batch and expiry as first-class stock
- FEFO picking enforcement
- Expiry-ahead alerting
- Schedule H and H1 registers
- Saleable and breakage returns
- Stockist claims and schemes
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.
What pharmaceuticals businesses need from an ERP
Some of these are already in the Orus ERP; others are configured or built for your plant. The feature catalogue shows the current status of every feature, and we confirm the rest on a demo call.
Batch and expiry as first-class stock
Every movement carries batch and expiry; two batches of one product are never treated as interchangeable stock.
FEFO picking enforcement
Dispatch defaults to first-expiry-first-out with override requiring a reason, and blocks expired batches outright.
Expiry-ahead alerting
Configurable lead times per category, aligned to your suppliers' return windows so credit is still available when stock is flagged.
Schedule H and H1 registers
Prescription drug registers maintained automatically from dispatch records, in the format drug inspectors ask for.
Saleable and breakage returns
Return processing graded to resale, supplier credit or destruction, with the destruction record retained.
Stockist claims and schemes
Scheme discounts, breakage and expiry claims tracked against the originating invoice so reconciliation is automatic rather than archaeological.
ERP starting at ₹5,000/month
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Businesses that want a working ERP now, tailored to how they operate
Starting at
₹5,000/month
Excludes GST
Our ERP covers sales, purchase, inventory, production, quality, finance and GST working in one system. You can try it in the live demo before talking to us.
The starting price covers
- A core ERP set up for your company
- No fixed per-user pricing limit within the plan
- A configuration sized to your expected users and data volume
- A tailored feature list and written estimate before you commit
Can add to the quote
- Add-on modules: HR & payroll, advanced planning, Orus AI, IoT
- Live integrations: GST portal via a GSP, banks, Tally, payment gateways
- Customisation and new features built for you
- Hosting and infrastructure for larger user counts or data volumes
- Data migration from your current system
Rules your setup has to handle
The statutory requirements we plan for when scoping a pharmaceuticals build. Ask us which are covered by the core today and which are built for you.
We speak your language
Terms we work with when scoping your build.
- 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, as part of your industry build. 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
We will show you the ERP core running, walk through how your industry modules would be built, and tell you honestly where the fit is weak.