Three Sixty pharmacy forges partnership deal with IBM

CEBU, Philippines - Opening 60 branches within the Visayas region in just two years, retail pharmaceutical company Three Sixty Pharmacy agreed a strategic partnership on technology solutions with IBM Philippines to increase productivity and reduce administrative and support costs.

For a robust and scalable storage environment, the drugstore chain selected IBMs Storwize V700 Unified Disk System and the IBM Tivoli Storage Flash Copy Manager to streamline its operations to support its expansion plan.

IBM Territory Manager for Geographic Expansion Ana Joy Bellosillo said that the partnership is still at the planning stage and finalization to help Three Sixty Pharmacy in its goals towards growth in terms of information and technology infrastructure.

She added that they have implemented upgrades to the storage of the servers for the collection of data from the original set-up.

As Three Sixty Pharmacy continues to grow, we made sure that IBM offers the products and services that are robust and very reliable solutions, catering to the expansion plans Three Sixty has made for, she stated during the media briefing at Parklane International Hotel last Sunday.

She further said that IBM has tied up with the IT team of the pharmacy before coming up with the right solutions specifically fit to the requirements of the drugstore company.

Now that they have the data information through the IBM-based solutions, she added that the pharmacy would do away from manual processes; giving more value to the customers they currently serve.

Three Sixty Pharmacy Business Operations Manager Glordelyne Ramos said that the acquisition of the business intelligence software not only reduces costs but also doing more in less time, thus being more responsive and productive.

As we continue to expand, we are happy to partner with an excellent company. Technology may give you an advantage but it really matters on how you make use of that technology, she stated.

Describing each branch with various idiosyncrasies, she said that the company has to tailor fit the operations of each outlet as they serve different segments of the society to be more efficient and customer-oriented.

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Three Sixty pharmacy forges partnership deal with IBM