Tension’s Sorting Machine and Manifesting System (SMS) for high-volume pharmacy automation weighs, labels, sorts, records, and manifests hundreds of orders per hour. Minimal staffing is required at the entry and takeaway points on the sorting machine. Enhance high-volume processing of prescription orders with a sorting machine you can trust in your pharmacy.
When integrated into your operation, the Tension SMS sorting machine for high-volume pharmacy automation can reduce:
Tension’s automated sorting machine and manifesting system is a fully customized based on your central fill, mail-order, or specialty pharmacy needs. A Tension Associate will look at your overall operation and recommend the specifications to optimize your throughput.
The SMS is the ideal solution for high-volume pharmacy automation and allows for various sizes, configurations, and unlimited package sorting to accommodate your pharmacy’s unique requirements.
Minimal staffing and space required.
Reduce errors and optimize your operation. 
Rapid and reliable sorting and manifesting.
Automatically weigh, label, and sort hundreds of orders.Tension’s automated sorting and manifesting system expedites the weighing, labeling and manifesting of your courier and mail service packages. In typical operations, the SMS can decrease your staffing requirements, allowing you to redeploy the resources elsewhere in your pharmacy.
Flexibility is key, and Tension’s sorting system is fully customizable. This adaptability allows for various sizes, configurations and unlimited sorts to accommodate your pharmacy’s unique requirements.
Tension’s automatic sorting, labeling and weighing system can be integrated into your existing operation or designed as part of an entire pharmacy automation solution.
In typical operations, your packages enter the SMS on an induction belt and move onto a scale for weighing. The weigh scale allows for rate shopping, selecting the most economical rate. The SMS then prints and applies carrier compliant labels on-demand. An overhead omni-directional barcode scanner reads the customer-specific LPN or shipping label for verification, and the finished package is diverted to the appropriate bin, sack or tote for shipping.
The SMS records a package log, or manifest, of all outgoing packages. Tension Packaging and Automation’s tracking system allows post-packaging monitoring of packages through the system for easy access to canceled or modified orders that have already been packed or closed out. This frees your staff to move on to other value-added activities after quickly addressing issues.
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