PHARMACY DIRECT
- MOVING INTO THE FUTURE
New kid on the block – just when you think it can ’ t get any better . Technologies that seemed impossible years ago are a reality today . Pharmacy Direct recently launched cutting-edge robotics and minimised manual efforts to make the process of picking medication items faster and more reliable . This leaves our pharmacists more time to engage with patients .
Faster , reliable , with much more time for personal care .
Automation is in the final stages of implementation and despite all its efficiencies , not a single person has lost their job because of its implementation . Instead , staff members have been upskilled , developed and taken on a journey into the digital future .
Robotic Automation All of this is for you … our patients . We are proud to announce one of our most exciting developments to date , state-of-the-art picking robotics that ensures consistent and improved service delivery to you .
• Storage for more than 200 000 items
• Picking arms that run at 5 metres per second
• Picking items 18 times faster than humans
• Driven by 23 kilometres of cables
38
Bonitas Member Magazine Issue 4 | 2021