The Future of Yeager Pharmaceuticals

1. The Future of YeagerPharmaceuticals Jesse McClimon John Merrick Melissa Page Elizabeth Pearson Melanie Stephens

2. Company Overview Yeager warehouses and delivers medication and various medical supplies Company warehouse has grown to be three times the original size and now operates a satellite warehouse to better serve customers located on that side of town Yeager supplies local retail stores, doctor�s offices, clinics, and hospitals Yeager now has 50 employees on staff, including an attorney that handles all contracts with vendors

3. Company Overview Technology Uses several software products that fit the pharmaceutical industry Applications support: Dispatching Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Payroll Driver Logs Etc. Yeager has relied heavily on contacts made by Wesley Yeager (Owner/CEO) and his brother Oscar Yeager (Sales Manager) Vendor contacts are solid Even though there has been a struggle to maintain stable customers, their business is continually growing

4. Introduction of �Push Technology� Yeager Pharmaceuticals plans to introduce a push technology environment to our customers Under our push technology we plan to transform our ordering process to an automated process

5. �Push Technology� Automating the process Customer inventory will be constantly monitored by the computer system Knowing the customer history of reorder times and the customer orders, and automatic email will be sent to all customers when it is close to their reorder time Once the email is sent it is noted in the system then all the customer will have to do is reply to the email and their order will be processed

6. �Push Technology� Advantages To customers: Faster ordering and delivery of supplies Decreased waiting times Convenience To Yeager: Allows us to better serve customers Faster turnovers Happy Customers

7. Introducing Virtual Reality Yeager Pharmaceuticals plans to broaden its customer base by introducing a new product line Our new product A new software that uses virtual cadavers for training medical students This will allow us to have an advantage over other pharmaceutical companies Our customer base will be expanded to medical schools

8. Virtual Reality Virtual cadaver software Software will exactly replicate a human body This still gives the student the quality hands on training needed for this tedious field where there is no room for error Eliminates the need for real human bodies, which can sometimes be controversial

9. Virtual Reality Research for this new virtual cadaver is already being performed Yeager has contacted the State University of New York in order to be a part of their research to implement our own system See more about their research: "Virtual Reality Finds a Niche in Real Medicine"

10. Works Cited Cummings, Haag, & McCubbrey. (2005). Management Information Systems For The Information Age (Fifth Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill Flynn, Laurie, �VR and Virtual Spaces Find a Niche in Real Medicine,� New York Times, June 5, 1995, p. C3

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