Increasing Efficiency and results of efficiency

what is efficiency

Efficiency is doing more work in less time it is not about economy of effectiveness
Normally when we think about the better products or service we think
about 3 criteria's

Faster
Cheaper
Better
and I call it the 3 E's

Efficiency (faster)

Economical  (cheaper)

Effective   (better)

What happens when you are efficient?

Where do the benefits go and at the cost of whom?

Efficiency means more work done in less time meaning eventually
less people are needed to do the job. Meaning those who are
efficient are hurting themselves because when less people are
needed more are unemployed and meaning thereby that
the value of all in the profession goes down.
Again those who are efficient become less competitive because
there are a lot more starving and unemployed ready to take
your position.

Be reasonable when you get efficient because you are

1 saying no to your pay raise and denying better living standards
for your family - just because you chose to do more in less time

2 Another part of efficiency is when lot of brothers and sisters
and friends are unemployed they have to live on handouts and these
seriously affects the self esteem and dignity.all because you just
chose to do more in less time.

so be effective do your best -always work hard and create more employment and 
better life for your friends and for your family (RBTL)

Starting to be efficient

Starting to become efficient

The right time to study the blog is now it is about the end of year 2012 and beginning of 2013
and make 2013 the most successful year of your career and life.
And how can we do that

1 Design the images about your pathway ahead answer series of questions for the design

Questions
where would I want to be in terms of career this year by  Jan 31 of 2013
by March 31 of 2013
by June 30th of 2013
By September 30th of 2013
By Dec 10th of 2013

Ask detailed questions about

1 Physical (Body and strength) by Exercise and Diet monitoring and maintaining

2 Financial ( Money in several Accounts) Deposited in savings account in 401 k
and targeted deposits towards home finance part should be much easier than the
first one because it is all numbers

3 Relationships Mainly with family and secondary with people you spend time with
   and those who link with your career keeping good relationship is part of stress free life
   emotional growth

4 Growing internally or Spiritually or growing in faith or whatever you desire
   which is outside the normal routines which includes being generous or giving
   community service or volunteer work or whatever suits your personality

5 Growth and learning in all areas especially reading books ( a lot of suggestions coming up
   here in future with synopsis of books recommended to be read) how to cut down on TV
   seriously cutting down watching TV right now before any other thing cut down at-least
    one hours /week starting right now and then increasing to cut down 1 hours per day
    If you can go on a news fast that is really great. Just stop watching new completely and
    replacing it with good messages would help there are video links on this blog with
    people like Jim Rohn ,Wayne Dyer ,Tony Robbins, Les Brown , Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield
    T Harve Ecker , Deepak Chopra etc read them listen to them on youtube and move on
    with your life in a better way by spending on creating a library

Keeping Yourself Motivated

Keeping yourself motivated is the best you can do in any job it is universal truth but especially in
pharmacy since you are dealing with people who are less fit at least for the day they are there. so
for the pharmacy work this becomes even more important.

 Looking at life in simple way and day at a time might be very useful. keep in touch with some
master motivators of our times people like Tony Robbins or Brian Tracy or  Jim Rohn.
For the ease of watching them on YouTube I have included the video bar here to go and
watch them and get the lessons of life from them .Those things are not taught in school.
  Remaining motivated helps you and your family (because pharmacy stories end as you leave
the pharmacy  and never make it home ) It is good for your colleagues because you focus on what
you are after and not what the last customer told you (what they told you was their opinion
according to their level of their education and growth let them take their opinion with them)
  Have your goals in front of you and focus on those and see your job as means you currently
choose to earn a living but focus on the big picture wages earn you a living and profits make you a fortune.
 Just as they say in stock market that past performance is not a guarantee of future results
your life has a saying that past performance or the lack there of is not a measure of your true potential
or what you are capable of.      Work on that capability and life has a lot to offer. The more you
are able to help people with what they want the more you get what you want .
Good luck .

Technology and Pharmacy

There is continuously a need for upgrade of technology in pharmacy and this is to see that the valuable
time a Pharmacy Technician spends in pharmacy is not wasted on tasks which can be easily handled
by machines
  Some of efforts the Chain drug stores are making is in filled bottles or blister packs of month
supply of medications which cut down the time in counting and pouring pills.
   Some Pharmacies use auto counting machines and various types of robots to help
with this process of filling of prescriptions
  we are also looking forward to see some vending machine type concept in prescription
pickup so patients can pickup their prescriptions 24/7 and have pharmacist 800 Number to
call for counsel at all times .
   The advent of good versions of speech to text software can help a lot in data entry
ordering of drugs and Inventory management and these functions can significantly cut down
pharmacy technicians work load
 There are so many methods now available and I would like my Pharmacy Technician friends
to come forward and discuss them here for benefit of all .

Fast Moving Sections In Pharmacy

Fast Movers are the drugs which you fill several times in the day eg: medications
like synthroid ,metformin ,Atenolol etc commonly used medications. Many pharmacies
like to arrange these drugs in different section which is easily accessible by
Pharmacy Technician and makes the movement easier and call this sections as their fast moving section. Less steps to walk meaning faster filling.

Here is an opinion

The Pharmacy designs are to be made universal especially in chain stores .As
the turnover of employees is great also if you arrange a fast mover section
it might be different for each locations of a chain store as most stores would
sell at least a few products more than others . Also when there are many Technicians
and pharmacist going from one location to another these sections create difficulty
for these personnel to work efficiently as they have to look for products in 2
different sections .
In general the rule of thumb for any chain drug store is that there departments
when seen from inside should be exactly identical for personnel to function
efficiently
Here the efficient pharmacy takes the side of keeping all stores identical and
not creating a fast mover section
Different rules may apply to independent stores and Hospital pharmacies
this opinion is for chain drug stores having several locations nation wide
or spread across wide areas of states.

OTC's and RECALLS

Other areas of good work by Pharmacy Technicians would be in learning more about
the OTC (over the counter) products which are the part of pharmacy sales and management in several chain drug stores .

Learning more about the OTC products can secure the pharmacy technicians
position in the stores and along with the arrangement ,inventory management
and lay out of your OTC products, you are more knowledgeable about the usage of
these products which may be added advantage for the stores.

The more knowledge you gain about these products
1 First Aid
2 Diabetic supplies and usage of Glucometers
3 Diabetic foot creams and shakes
4 Vitamins and Supplements
5 Anti fungals and skin products
6 Durable medical Equipment Canes ,Crutches etc.
(along with the stores info which carry very specialized products)
7 General usage products like Humidifiers Vaporizers etc
and several categories which you see as you walk your OTC Aile's
your detailed interest in this products will give a focus to learn
more and take you into areas like location on shelf and sales
or seasonal movements of products from your shelves or movement of
vitamins or just helping customers finding products you might come
to know if something in demand all of a sudden was because of it
being featured on OPRAH etc
Helping people with their Glucometers can open whole new avenue for you
to get into more learning about diabetic care and open new revenue and
job opportunities .

RECALLS In recent time recalls have become a daily process.
Your ability to process the recalls quickly ,handling documenting and packaging to
send back the recalled products and making sure to get proper credits
for that becomes an asset for your pharmacy and ensures your job security
Not all technicians are very well versed with this aspect of business
which is an essential part and if you get a grip over it you secure your position.
Note
Technicians handling recalls please put your comments here about the process
which may be useful to your fellow Technicians.

Future needs in skill upgrades

In recent months some of the companies (mail orders) might be making a move to
send the data entry function part of pharmacy technician job to overseas companies
This might overall reduce the cost of prescription drugs in the US but all
of these things come at a cost there will be some jobs involved which could
be eliminated or the growth of the jobs in this segment may be curtailed
for a short time
This might be the time for Pharmacy Technicians reading this to upgrade their
skills meaning improving their knowledge in speciality areas like hospital
pharmacy or specializing in compounding or inventory management or becoming
ready to train the new techs in other countries by means of tools available on
the web or through tools like YouTube videos just be ready for the change to
accept it in a better way and all changes instead of creating a threat
should actually raise your income to a new level
more on this in future posts
overall the changes if they occur and are towards outsourcing it is good
sign a challenge and good source of income generation if you take the lead
and get on to some of the ideas presented in previous few lines