Pharmaceutical warehousing is governed by batch integrity, expiry management and an auditable trail. A warehouse management system enforces first-expired-first-out picking, keeps quarantined and released stock strictly apart, and records who confirmed which movement, so an audit is answered from data rather than from memory.
Pharmaceutical distribution leaves no room for an approximate answer. Good Distribution Practice, serialisation and cold chain integrity all have to hold at the same time, on every batch, in every shipment. BizBloqs enforces the process on the floor instead of documenting it afterwards, so the audit trail is a by-product of the work rather than a separate administration.
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Every receipt, move, pick and dispatch is recorded against the user, the location and the moment it happened. Quarantine, released and rejected stock statuses are enforced by the system, so goods that have not been released cannot be picked by mistake.
Temperature-controlled locations are treated as first-class stock locations with their own rules. Excursions are logged against the batch, and affected stock is blocked automatically pending a quality decision.
Because the record is created as the work happens, an inspection is a matter of running a report rather than reconstructing months of activity from paper.
Batch numbers, serial numbers and expiry dates are captured at goods receipt and carried through every subsequent movement. FEFO picking is enforced, so short-dated stock leaves first without anyone having to remember.
Upward and downward traceability means a recall scope can be established in minutes: which batch went to which customer, in which shipment, on which date.
The same data feeds your regulatory reporting and your customer's inbound checks, removing the duplicate keying that causes most compliance errors.
Quarantined stock is only blocked by a label and someone's memory
Stock status is a system state — unreleased goods cannot be picked, partially released batches behave exactly as QA defined
Cold chain excursions are logged separately from the affected stock
Temperature-controlled zones are first-class locations; excursions are logged against the batch and block it pending a quality decision
Serialisation data lives in a separate system from the physical process
Serial and batch data captured in the same scan as the movement, then shared with regulatory reporting rather than maintained twice
GDP evidence is assembled after the fact from paper records
Receipt, move, pick and dispatch each recorded against user, location and moment, producing the evidence as work happens
Short-dated stock ships before older stock that is still good
Expiry drives pick sequence automatically, so nobody has to remember which batch should leave first
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BizBloqs has implemented and optimized numerous features that are highly relevant to pharmaceutical distribution. We highlighted a few below.
Capture batch, serial and expiry at receipt and enforce FEFO on every pick
Block, partially release or fully release stock exactly as your QA process requires
Temperature-controlled zones with excursion logging against the affected batch
Upward and downward trace from supplier batch to delivered customer order
Every movement recorded against user, location and timestamp for GDP inspection
Serial-level tracking through receipt, storage, picking and dispatch
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Match it to how you operate
The compliance and commercial detail above is the same for everyone in pharmaceuticals. What changes is how you run: production, fulfilment, wholesale or third-party logistics. Pick your operating model to see the process fit.
BizBloqs has developed a unique platform which can be configured to create many solutions for every logistic challenge we have encountered. Our combined experience and expertise in our field makes us trusted advisors and experts to address your needs.
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Track your inventory in real-time and never fail to fulfill your customer orders again. Deep insights into stock levels and all related movements allow you to keep customers informed perfectly.
Link your entire supply chain with the BizBloqs Integration Toolkit to transfer critical information in a secure, timely manner with both internal and external partners, for your operational efficiency
Choose your solution
BizBloqs is a warehouse platform, delivered in three solutions. Start where your operation is today, extend when you are ready. Each solution includes WMS at its core, with Order Management and Integrations layered in at the depth that fits your business.
Small and medium businesses running one warehouse, a growing order volume and a team that is doing too much by hand.
Scaling mid-market businesses selling across several channels, holding stock in more than one place, and outgrowing a single-warehouse setup.
Larger and multi-entity organisations with complex handling requirements, established ERP landscapes and formal governance obligations.
Why take our word for it? We let our customers convince you instead. BizBloqs customers are happy with their solutions and don’t hesitate to share their positive experiences. Our ability to turn any challenge into an efficient solution never fails to impress!
BizBloqs was one of the first to provide a WMS with scanning capabilities and we started a journey together. Our operations have gotten a lot more complex, advanced and especially bigger over the past 5 years and we have simply grown together.
Nick Bisselink, Financial/Operational Director
When we had extensive logistic requirements beyond the capabilities of our financial solution, BizBloqs shared its expertise to transform Lantaarn’s entire warehouse experience together
Lantaarn Publishers
We needed a better, more transparent and practical system for our incoming and outgoing product flow. A direct overview in our stock and all our logistics movements was really a must. BizBloqs helped us from the start!
Rik Klein - Sales manager
In addition to a scan procedure with EDI integration, BizBloqs has set up an entire production system for us. Production planning can provide direct instructions and as soon as they are ready, it all arrives in the OMS. This gives us a larger production capacity and a drastic reduction of the picking mistakes in dispatching.
Reinier Schot, Head of Production
Pharmaceuticals — Pick whichever suits where you are. All three land with the same team.
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