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  Medicine Shoppe International  
     
 
Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. (www.medicineshoppe.com), a Cardinal Health Company, is distinguished for its commitment to providing expert, personalized health care. It is the largest franchiser of independent community pharmacies in the U.S. It is head quartered at St. Louis, U.S.A. In 2003, it acquired Medicap Pharmacies, Incorporated (www.medicap.com), which franchises independent community pharmacies in the U.S. under the Medicap Pharmacy® trade name. Both Medicine Shoppe® and Medicap Pharmacy® locations are distinguished for their commitment to providing expert, personalized health care. There are nearly 1,000 domestic pharmacies operating under The Medicine Shoppe® ® and Medicap Pharmacy® trade names and more than 400 franchised pharmacies in six other countries, which include Canada (www.medicineshoppe.ca), China (www.medicineshoppe.com.cn), Japan (www.medicineshoppe.co.jp), India (www.ms-india.com), Indonesia (www.medicineshoppe.co.id) and Arabia (www.medicineshoppe.ae).
 
     
  History:-  
 
In 1970, Medicine Shoppe International established The Medicine Shoppe® ® Pharmacy System for independent pharmacists. The first franchised pharmacy opened in 1971.
 
     
     
  Organizational structure:  
     
  Divisions:  
 

Each division is self-sufficient with dedicated resources and assets in sales, marketing and distribution.

For managing sales operations, Medicine Shoppe has a Finance and operations director, under who is the senior manager operations, followed by manager operations, assistant managers and team leaders. At the store level there is a leading/managing pharmacist along with his team of, assistant pharmacist, attendant, helper and ophthalmologist.

In Marketing, there is a dedicated team comprising of a Marketing Manager, assistant manager and executives.

In Marketing, there is a dedicated team comprising of a Marketing Manager, assistant manager and executives.

The distribution team is responsible for supply chain management. There are teams dedicated to sourcing, planning and logistics.

 
     
  Central functions:  
 

Medicine Shoppe’s central functions are Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Legal & Secretarial.

The organization structure has evolved over the years and will continue to do so in future. As the Managing Director Mr. Viraj Gandhi often says ‘Change is the only constant’. The changes in future too will be as per the changing times and needs of managing the business challenges of a go-getter pharmacy retail chain.

 
     
     

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