Glossary
The meaning of the words you will meet in Dawak and in running a pharmacy in general.
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Inventory
| Term |
Meaning |
| Product |
A medicine or item you sell, with its price and barcode |
| Batch |
A group of packs from the same production with one number and one expiry date |
| Expiry date |
The last day the medicine is good. After it, it is not sold |
| First-expiry-first-out (FEFO) |
The rule of selling from the batch that expires soonest first |
| Minimum stock |
The quantity below which the system alerts you |
| Opening balance |
What you actually have in stock when you start using the system |
| Adjustment |
Correcting a quantity in stock with a reason |
| Blind count |
Counting stock without the counter seeing the expected quantity |
| Bundle |
Several products sold together at one price |
| Strip |
A part of a box sold separately; a box may hold several strips |
Purchasing
| Term |
Meaning |
| Shortages |
Products that ran out, are nearly out, or were asked for by customers |
| Purchase order |
A written request from the pharmacy to a supplier for items and quantities |
| Usual supplier |
The supplier you normally buy a product from |
| Receiving |
Bringing the supplier's goods into stock with their batches and prices |
| Supplier portal |
A link from which the supplier answers the order without an account |
Money
| Term |
Meaning |
| Drawer |
One cashier's cash box |
| Should hold |
What the drawer should contain: opening + cash sales − refunds + put in − taken out |
| Counted |
What the cashier actually counted when closing |
| Difference |
Counted − should hold: negative is short, positive is over |
| Gross profit |
Revenue − cost of the medicines sold |
| Net profit |
Gross profit − expenses and salaries |
| Advance |
Money given before the salary and taken from the next one |
The system
| Term |
Meaning |
| Role |
A ready-made set of permissions (owner, manager...) |
| Permission |
Permission to do something specific |
| Passkey |
Signing in with fingerprint or face instead of a password |
| Sync |
Sending what happened offline to the server |
| Artificial intelligence (AI) |
Automatic reading of photos (prescriptions, invoices, shelves). You confirm the result |
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