Ending Out-of - Stock Syndrome in Hospital Pharmacies through Computer - Based Forecasting
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International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT) |  |
| © 2019 by IJCTT Journal | ||
| Volume-67 Issue-11 |
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| Year of Publication : 2019 | ||
| Authors : Onu,Fergus Uche, Eme,Ogwo | ||
| DOI : 10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V67I11P105 |
MLA Style:Onu,Fergus Uche, Eme,Ogwo "Ending Out-of - Stock Syndrome in Hospital Pharmacies through Computer - Based Forecasting," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology 67.11 (2019):28-37.
APA Style Onu,Fergus Uche, Eme,Ogwo.Ending Out-of - Stock Syndrome in Hospital Pharmacies through Computer - Based Forecasting International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology, 67(11),28-37.
Abstract
Hospital pharmacies usually stock a variety of drugs. The primary reason for holding stock in hospital pharmacies is to ensure the availability of these essential items all the time. This is not the case in many hospital pharmacies as many of them are affected by the unavailability of these drugs especially at a time they are needed. This paper discusses ways of ending this problem of the shortage of these drugs, known as out –of –stock syndrome, through the application of computer based forecasting.Forecasting is the process of making predictions of the future based on past and present data and most commonly by analysis of trends. In order to solve the out- of –stock syndrome in hospital pharmacies, we propose a computer- based forecasting system that uses time series data to provide for both trend and seasonal forecasts of different type of drugs required in a hospital pharmacy. We adopted Object Oriented Analysis and Design Methodology (OOADM) for the design of our computer based-forecasting system using Visual Basic 6.0 programming language to program and implement the application while Microsoft Access was used to design the database as the back-end for the storage and retrieval of the stored information when required.The benefits of application of computer based forecasting in hospital pharmacies include ensuring availability of drugs, improved management of inventories, facilitate better planning and greater efficiency all the areas in the hospitals due to an efficient stock analysis in the hospital pharmacy department.
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Keywords
Computer-based Forecasting, Health care, Hospital Pharmacy, Inventory, Out-of-Stock syndrome