Pharmacist in a pharmacy with wooden shelves

For pharmacies, pharmacy groups & mid-sized pharma

Supply shortages, e-prescriptions, a full counter. When is there time for advice?

ivato digitalises what costs time besides advice and compounding: pre-orders and customer enquiries, documentation, ordering during shortages, training and, in mid-sized pharma, field sales, enquiries from healthcare professionals and quotations. Inventory management and validated systems stay. Your team gains time for people.

Clients from this industry

Your day-to-day

Do you recognise these sentences?

In pharmacies and pharma, documentation obligations are rising while skilled staff are lacking. Every minute spent on the phone or on a list is missing in advice or compounding.

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Summary: The expertise is there, but too much time goes into enquiries, lists and documentation.

Workflow

Where do you lose the most time?

Choose a stage. You will see how it often works today, what ivato implements there and what changes.

Today

Phone and slips of paper

Customers ask by phone, and pre-orders are on slips of paper or in someone's head.

With ivato

Pre-ordered digitally

  • Pre-order via website and Messenger
  • Ready-for-collection message automatic
  • Answers to standard questions from your content

What changes

A calmer counter

Fewer calls, and customers come when the goods are there.

Case examples

What does this look like in a company like yours?

Two examples, each with starting point, solution, result and calculation. Inventory management and validated systems stayed in place.

  • Pharmacy groupSaxony4 locations45 employees

    A third fewer calls at the counter

    Starting point
    Customers phoned to ask about orders and opening hours, pre-orders ran via slips of paper, and every branch worked differently.
    Solution
    Pre-order via website and Messenger, ready-for-collection message, an assistant for standard questions and uniform digital checklists.
    Result
    Noticeably fewer calls, uniform procedures in all branches and more time for advice.
    Investment
    €26,000
    Payback
    8 months
  • Mid-sized pharmaGermany120 employeesField sales DACH

    Field and office sales in one system

    Starting point
    Visit reports were in Excel, enquiries from doctors and clinics in various inboxes, and head office had no overview.
    Solution
    CRM for field and office sales, visit reports by voice, enquiries from healthcare professionals bundled and assigned, dashboard per region.
    Result
    Faster answers to healthcare professionals, less duplicated work and sales management based on current data.
    Investment
    €48,000
    Payback
    9 months

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Solutions

Which tools does ivato use in pharmacies and pharma?

Building blocks that sit alongside inventory management and validated systems. Chosen according to what costs you the most time.

  • Pre-order & collection

    Pre-order online, notify automatically, fewer calls.

    To Scaling with AI →
  • Customer assistant

    Answers standard questions from your content and hands everything technical over to your team.

    To Implementation →
  • Digital checklists

    Records, checks and deadlines within the workflow instead of on paper.

    To Reducing cost pressure →
  • CRM for field sales

    Visits, samples and enquiries from healthcare professionals in one system, reports by voice.

    To Sales & CRM →
  • Learning paths for the team

    New employees learn procedures digitally, with a knowledge assistant for follow-up questions.

    To Securing succession →
  • Managing branches

    Key figures and processes of several locations in one dashboard.

    To Remote leadership →

Your systems

Do we have to replace inventory management or validated systems?

No. Inventory management, ERP and validated systems remain the lead systems and are left untouched. We start upstream and alongside: enquiries, communication, documentation and sales.

Your systems stay

  • Connection via existing interfaces or exports
  • Health data protected under GDPR Art. 9
  • Servers in Germany
  • AI model interchangeable

Process & prices

How do we start alongside day-to-day operations?

With a 30-minute conversation. After that you decide step by step. Your effort is a few meetings with the owner or management and the team.

  1. Step 1

    Initial call

    30 minutes with an adviser who knows your business model. We discuss where margin and time are lost, and tell you honestly what pays off.

    free of charge

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  2. Step 2

    Strategy

    We look at the path from enquiry to invoice, calculate the business case in euros and agree a roadmap.

    max. €7,000 net · eligible for funding

    To Strategy →
  3. Step 3

    Implementation

    We implement the most effective building blocks, connect your systems and train your team until it runs.

    Fixed price by scope · 8–12 weeks

    To Implementation →

Estimate your funding

Funding rate
Funding
€12,000
Your contribution
€18,000

Simplified calculation. Rate and maximum amounts depend on the programme, federal state and company size. Consulting can additionally receive a grant of up to €5,600.

Projects successfully supported
1,000+
Projects successfully supported
Years of experience
25+
Years of experience
Funding for implementation
up to 60%
Funding for implementation
dedicated contact person on the project
1
dedicated contact person on the project

Frequently asked questions

Questions from pharmacies and pharma

Your question is not here? In the initial conversation we take 30 minutes for your specific topic.

No. It answers organisational questions from your content. Professional advice stays with your team.

We work in line with GDPR Art. 9, with servers in Germany and only with the data you approve.

Yes. We do not change validated systems, but start upstream and alongside them.

Depending on location and project, consulting and implementation may be eligible for funding. We check this in the initial call.

Contact

Exchange ideas with one of our specialists from your industry.

30 minutes, free of charge. We tell you openly where you are losing time and what is worthwhile.

  • Callback within one working day
  • NDA on request

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