Preferred brand ranking

Products

Preferred brand ranking can be configured (at Group or store-level) on generic brands by Head Office. When selecting a drug from Brand Selection (in Fred NXT Dispense), the focus is automatically placed on the highest ranked brand. Drugs can be ranked from 1 to 9. Any drug with a ranking from 1 to 4 will be highlighted in red in the drug search results.

Create drug ranking (supplemental) hierarchy

  1. From the FredNXT Head Office area page, navigate to Merchandising > Category hierarchies, and click Supplemental retail hierarchies.
  2. Click Category hierarchy - New, then enter a Name and Description for the Supplemental hierarchy.

  3. Click Create.

    The new Supplemental hierarchy has been created. The Category hierarchy window opens in Edit mode.

  4. In the Category hierarchy form, click the Category hierarchy window node to create the Level 0 category node.

    It can be given any name.

  5. Create a sub-node and name it.

    For example, Rank 1. Nodes in this hierarchy can be given any name.

  6. In the Code field, enter a number between 1 and 4.

    This is a mandatory. The number entered correspond to the ranking that will apply to all the drug in this category, where 1 is the most preferred and 4 the less preferred.

  7. Add the relevant drugs to this node in the hierarchy.

  8. Repeat the above steps to create all the required category nodes.
  9. Close the Category hierarchy form and confirm the newly created Supplemental hierarchy exists in the list of category hierarchies.

The drug ranking hierarchy can be set at both the group level and the store level. If a value has been set against both the group level and store level, then the store level hierarchy will apply as it is the most specific. Access support via your Fred Help Portal

Set a drug ranking hierarchy for a store

  1. From FredNXT Head Office > Organisations, click Retail Stores.
  2. In Stores, select the store you want to configure ranking for, then click Edit.
  3. Set the name of the Drug ranking hierarchy you have just configured to associate it with the store.

    Any changes to the hierarchy or ranking will sync with the store once per day.

    In Fred NXT Dispense, any drug with a ranking of 1, 2, 3, 4 will be highlighted in red in the Brand Selection screen.