Outpatient Care Centers Business Guide
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खराब क्रय निर्णय और अतिरिक्त स्टॉक (Over-Purchasing & Stock Imbalance)
₹1,50,000-₹5,00,000 annually per facility (10-20% of supply budget lost to carrying costs, dead stock, and expedited re-orders); Working capital tied up: 15-30% of annual supply expenseOutpatient centers operate without visibility into consumption patterns, lead times, and seasonal demand. Procurement decisions are reactive (emergency orders) or based on previous year's budget. This creates overstocking of off-season items, underutilized diagnostic reagents, and tied-up working capital. Carrying costs (storage, handling, insurance, expiry write-offs) inflate operational expenses.
मैनुअल इन्वेंटरी जांच से स्टाफ डाउनटाइम (Manual Verification Bottlenecks)
₹15,00,000-₹50,00,000 annually (2-4 FTE diverted from patient care @ ₹7.5-12.5 lakh/FTE/year); Clinic downtime: 5-10 days/year × average daily revenue lossOutpatient centers conduct physical inventory counts monthly (for fast-moving items) or quarterly (for equipment), requiring staff to stop clinical duties. Manual entry into spreadsheets is error-prone and time-consuming. Real-time barcode/RFID scanning would eliminate this bottleneck, allowing continuous inventory visibility without service interruption.
मैनुअल ट्रैकिंग से क्षमता हानि
20-40 hours/month per center (₹40,000-80,000 at ₹2,000/hour staff cost)Manual compliance with ADR reporting and drug tracking diverts staff time, leading to idle resources and delayed patient care.
इन्वेंटरी चोरी और अनाधिकृत उपयोग (Inventory Shrinkage & Theft)
₹75,000-₹3,00,000 annually per facility (3-8% of typical ₹15-40 lakh annual supply budget); Undetected narcotic losses: Potential NDPS Act fines of ₹1,00,000-₹10,00,000 + imprisonment riskOutpatient care centers with manual inventory systems experience shrinkage (loss between recorded and physical stock) of 3-8% annually. High-value items (injectable antibiotics, vaccines, narcotic pain relievers) are prime targets. Without real-time visibility and digital checkout logs, losses go undetected until physical audits. This creates write-offs, inflated procurement budgets, and potential DEA/NDPS regulatory issues if narcotics are involved.