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Walgreens Turns To Robots To Help Ease Manpower Shortage

Walgreens Turns To Robots To Help Ease Manpower Shortage

沃爾格林求助機器人幫助緩解人力短缺
Benzinga Real-time News ·  2022/10/03 08:21
  • Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) is planning to seek the help of automation for its drugstores to ease the pressure of the lack of manpower.
  • The company, faced with a shortage of pharmacists and pharmacist technicians, is setting up a network of automated, centralized drug-filling centers.
  • Wlagreens' plan would cut the pharmacist workloads by at least 25% in addition to saving more than $1 billion a year in costs, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  • Through automation, pharmacists will have more time to attend to requirements, including vaccinations, patient outreach, and medical prescription.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has created more demand for pharmacies as they took on the jobs of vaccination and testing.
  • Also Read: As Moderna Grapples With Supply Shortage, FDA Gives Nod To Additional Lots of COVID-19 Booster
  • "Small chains up through the larger chains are all facing the labor shortage as well as increased demand for services," the report quoted Alecia Lashier, chief automation officer at iA.
  • iA is a provider of pharmacy automation software and technology in which Walgreens is a majority investor.
  • Price Action: WBA shares are trading higher by 0.64% at $31.60 in premarket on the last check Monday.
  • 沃爾格林靴子聯盟公司納斯達克(Sequoia Capital：WBA)正計劃為其藥店尋求自動化幫助，以緩解人手不足的壓力。
  • 該公司面臨着一場 缺乏藥劑師和藥劑師技術人員，正在建立一個自動化、集中化的藥物灌裝中心網絡。
  • 據《華爾街日報》報道，Wlgreens的計劃除了每年節省超過10億美元的成本外，還將減少至少25%的藥劑師工作量。
  • 通過自動化，藥劑師將有更多的時間滿足要求，包括疫苗接種、患者外展和醫療處方。
  • 新冠肺炎疫情帶來了對藥店的更多需求，因為它們從事疫苗接種和檢測工作。
  • 也請閲讀: 在Moderna努力解決供應短缺問題之際，美國食品藥品監督管理局批准了額外批次的新冠肺炎助推劑
  • 該報告援引IA首席自動化官Alecia Lashier的話説：“通過大型連鎖店向上發展的小型連鎖店都面臨着勞動力短缺和服務需求增加的問題。”
  • IA是一家制藥自動化軟件和技術提供商，沃爾格林是該公司的主要投資者。
  • 價格行動：在週一的最後一次檢查中，WBA的股價在盤前交易中上漲了0.64%，達到31.60美元。
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