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THE COMPLETE PROPOSALFM · WK2
Current
WK2PET MEDS ONLYABOVE WK235–37FAST MOVERSM7FM72–73FM ENDCAPFM ENDCAPWK4WESTEAST
Current shelf17.5 ft
Proposed shelf2.5 ft

One-way walk from WK4
Illustrative distances

Red: current walk · Blue: proposed walkSchematic · final shelf fit to confirm

SMALL CHANGE FOR 09286

973QP pages of time / year

Small change for 09286.
A year of impact.

243 h / yearwalking time returned
$11,000illustrative labor-time value

Reduced stock-retrieval and go-back time across 8 antibiotics.
Illustrative time equivalents, not guaranteed output or cash savings. Assumptions ↗

Small change. A year of impact.

Follow one shared stock bottle. See what reducing go-back time means over a year.

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Fast Movers → FM endcap · Estimated route.
Red: current walking route. Blue: proposed. Drag gently to rotate.

Daily stock within reach.

FM endcap · rows counted from the top

A home for every section.

Make room in this order.

  1. 1

    FM endcap Above WK2

    Use the currently empty, isolated shelving above WK2 as a dedicated PET MEDS ONLY zone. Column 71 stays in the human-medication run and the amber-vial / liquid-Rx area stays unchanged. The current two PET shelves on FM are empty.

  2. 2

    Current stock locations FM endcap

    Move the eight proposed products directly to FM, subject to fit. Leave the existing FM endcap and its azithromycin six-packs in place. Amoxicillin starts on row 4; rows 1–3 hold overstock.

Proposed arrangement. Confirm the shelf dimensions, reachable height, and usable capacity above WK2 onsite. Relocation work is not included in the antibiotic time-saving estimate.

Rows 1–3 · Overstock
Reserve rows 1–2 for amoxicillin/clavulanate 875/125 mg overstock. Row 3 is for amoxicillin 500 mg capsules and cephalexin 500 mg capsules overstock, including 500-count bottles only where they fit. Keep excess in its current storage location.
Row 4 · Proposed moves

Amoxicillin 500 mg capsules

Amoxicillin/clavulanate 875/125 mg tablets

Row 5 · Proposed moves

Cephalexin 500 mg capsules

Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim 800/160 mg tablets

Row 6 · Proposed moves

Doxycycline hyclate 100 mg capsules

Doxycycline hyclate 100 mg tablets

Row 7 · Proposed moves

Metronidazole 500 mg tablets

Nitrofurantoin mono-macro 100 mg capsules

Eight proposed moves across rows 4–7, starting with amoxicillin 500 mg capsules on row 4. FM row 8 remains unassigned. Existing azithromycin 250 mg six-packs stay on the existing FM endcap.

Verify bottle sizes and quantities on each shared shelf. Earlier estimates of one tray per 500-count bottle or half a tray per 100-count bottle do not confirm fit. Existing azithromycin is excluded from savings.

Regular shelves: Clindamycin 150 mg capsules; Clindamycin 300 mg capsules; Levofloxacin 500 mg tablets. Excluded from the FM endcap and its savings estimate.

Every Thursday · Check dates, then restock

Check delivery and existing-stock expiry dates. Move earliest-expiring usable stock down and to the front; put later-expiring stock behind it. Keep surplus in rows 1–3. Rotate by expiry date, not delivery date.

How volume changes the estimate

Products movedFills/day eachQP pages/year
Amoxicillin alone15122
8 products · selected plan10–15649–973

Alternative scenarios; do not add the rows. Each uses 365 open days and the selected route, return and QP assumptions, with equal volume and savings per product. Count only products that move and fit.

THE POTENTIAL / MAKE IT YOUR OWN

What could those
seconds become?

Adjust the three numbers that move the estimate most. The story above updates with them.

All assumptions Formulas & sources

ft
ft
/ day
Walking time returned
243 h / year
Equivalent QP time
973 pages / year
Annual time value
$11,000

Across 8 antibiotic products and 365 open days. Illustrative time equivalents, not guaranteed output or cash savings.

All assumptions

Retrieval assumptions

Return and annual scenario

Shared go-back basket

Used only with zero dedicated returns. Per product, count batches and the extra distance its stop adds to the shared route. Do not assign the same detour to multiple products. Leave zero if unknown.

Pay rates

Formulas, sources and method

Route and daily savings

Default one-way routes: 17.5 ft current → 2.5 ft proposed. The current value is the midpoint of the owner’s 15–20 ft estimate; the proposed value retains the WK4-to-FM planning reference. WK5 also fills amoxicillin, but this is not a measured or weighted WK4/WK5 route. Both distances need measurement. Walking speed defaults to 3 ft/sec and step length to 2.5 ft.

10.0 secsaved per retrieval round trip360 stepssaved per product/day, including returns40.0 minsaved across 8 products/day

Retrieval per product/day: 2 × (17.5 − 2.5) ft ÷ 3 ft/sec × (15 ÷ 1) retrievals = 150.0 sec.

Returns per product/day: 1 dedicated return(s) × 150.0 sec = 150.0 sec.

Use dedicated returns or shared go-back detours, never both. The animation illustrates one return; calculations follow your inputs. Negative values mean extra walking. Handling and filling time are excluded.

From daily minutes to annual time

5.00 min/product/day × 8 products × 365 days ÷ 60 ≈ 243.33 hours/year.

243.33 hours × 60 × 1 Rx/min ÷ 15 Rx/page ≈ 973 QP pages/year.

All products share the selected volume and route savings; this is a planning scenario, not a measured dispensing mix. At 10–15 fills per product/day, the same inputs give 26.7–40.0 minutes/day across 8 products. Team totals are not multiplied by headcount.

Value of the same saved hours

243.33 hours × $45.02/hour ≈ $11,000/year.

The rate is an equal-weight average of technician ($19.16) and pharmacist ($70.88) hourly base pay. It excludes benefits, taxes and overtime. This values time available for other work, not cash savings.

Pay input sources

Default rates are historical Ventura CVS estimates from Indeed: technician and pharmacist. Recorded September 18, 2026; four postings per role. They are not verified payroll. Replace them with your team’s rates.

Setup and relocation time are excluded from these recurring walking-time estimates. Displayed pages and hours round to whole numbers; dollar value rounds to $100. Calculations use unrounded inputs.

Replace estimates with measured inputs

Review completed fills for each exact drug, strength and dosage form over 20–30 representative open days. Exclude reversals, cancellations and duplicate partial fills. Measure walked routes, fills served by each retrieval, and non-overlapping shared-return detours. Use aggregate counts; no patient records are needed.

Confirm bottle quantities and shelf fit onsite. The 3D scene is conceptual; fixture sizes and positions do not establish walking distances or installation dimensions. The demo queue is fictional. Measure before and after the move using the same method.

PHARMACY 09286 · PROPOSED SHELF PLANTIME SAVINGS · 1 / 3

973 QP pages/year in time saved.

Model 8 antibiotic products on the proposed FM endcap. At 15 fills per product per day, the model saves 40 minutes/day across those products.

Equivalent QP time
973 pages/year
Walking time saved
243 hours/year
Value of the same hours
$11,000 / year

Three views of the same modeled time; not guaranteed output or cash savings.

Walking seconds per retrieval cycle · filling time excluded
StepCurrentProposed
Retrieve stock bottle11.7 sec1.7 sec
Dedicated bottle return11.7 sec1.7 sec
Saved per cycle · 1 fill20.0 sec

Inputs and calculation

One-way route · current → proposed
17.5 ft one way → 2.5 ft
Walking speed
3 ft/sec
Daily volume per product
15 fills ÷ 1 fills/retrieval = 15 retrievals
Dedicated returns
1 per retrieval
Annual scale
8 products × 365 open days
QP conversion
1 Rx/min ÷ 15 Rx/page
Base pay · technician / pharmacist
$19.16 / $70.88 per hour
Equal-weight average
$45.02/hour; benefits, taxes and overtime excluded

Per product/day: 20 sec/cycle × 15 retrievals = 300 sec.

Annual hours: 300 sec × 8 products × 365 days ÷ 3,600 ≈ 243.33 hours.

QP pages: 243.33 hours × 60 × 1 Rx/min ÷ 15 Rx/page ≈ 973. Time value: hours × $45.02 ≈ $11,000.

How volume changes the estimate

Products movedFills/day eachQP pages/year
Amoxicillin alone15122
8 products · selected plan10–15649–973

Alternative scenarios; do not add the rows. Each uses 365 open days and the selected route, return and QP assumptions, with equal volume and savings per product. Count only products that move and fit.

The default 2.5-ft route retains the WK4-to-FM reference; WK5 also fills amoxicillin. This proxy needs onsite measurement. Confirm routes, volume, fit and pay. Shared detours must not overlap across products. Setup and relocation time are excluded. Totals use unrounded inputs; displayed pages/hours round to whole numbers and value to $100. Negative values mean extra walking.

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PHARMACY 09286 · INTERIOR STUDYRELOCATION PLAN · 2 / 3

Make room. Then shorten the walk.

Move the empty PET section to dedicated isolated shelving above WK2, then bring the proposed antibiotics onto the FM endcap. Leave the existing FM endcap in place.

Proposed 3D arrangement: parallel Fast Movers and FM gondolas, antibiotics on the FM endcap, and the dedicated PET MEDS ONLY shelving above WK2. Amoxicillin is on the FM endcap.

A home for every section.

Make room in this order.

  1. 1

    FM endcap Above WK2

    Use the currently empty, isolated shelving above WK2 as a dedicated PET MEDS ONLY zone. Column 71 stays in the human-medication run and the amber-vial / liquid-Rx area stays unchanged. The current two PET shelves on FM are empty.

  2. 2

    Current stock locations FM endcap

    Move the eight proposed products directly to FM, subject to fit. Leave the existing FM endcap and its azithromycin six-packs in place. Amoxicillin starts on row 4; rows 1–3 hold overstock.

Proposed arrangement. Confirm the shelf dimensions, reachable height, and usable capacity above WK2 onsite. Relocation work is not included in the antibiotic time-saving estimate.

Conceptual diagram; positions and routes are approximate. Column 27 is unchanged. Existing azithromycin stays on row 8 of the existing FM endcap.

rx09286.com · 09286.averyrx.comPROPOSED ARRANGEMENT
PHARMACY 09286 · INTERIOR STUDYSHELF PLACEMENT · 3 / 3

8 products. Four working shelves.

Proposed moves: rows 4–7. Overstock: rows 1–3. Row 8: unassigned. Azithromycin stays on the existing FM endcap. Count rows from the top.

3D snapshot of the FM endcap: eight shelves, rows 1–3 for overstock, proposed moves on rows 4–7, and bottom row 8 unassigned. The bottle shown marks amoxicillin on row 4.12345678
ROWS 1–2 · OVERSTOCK

Amoxicillin/clavulanate 875/125 mg

ROW 3 · OVERSTOCK

Amoxicillin 500 mg capsules
Cephalexin 500 mg capsules

500-count bottles only where they fit; retain excess in current storage.
ROW 4 · PROPOSED MOVES

Amoxicillin 500 mg capsules

Amoxicillin/clavulanate 875/125 mg tablets

ROW 5 · PROPOSED MOVES

Cephalexin 500 mg capsules

Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim 800/160 mg tablets

ROW 6 · PROPOSED MOVES

Doxycycline hyclate 100 mg capsules

Doxycycline hyclate 100 mg tablets

ROW 7 · PROPOSED MOVES

Metronidazole 500 mg tablets

Nitrofurantoin mono-macro 100 mg capsules

Regular shelves: Clindamycin 150 mg capsules; Clindamycin 300 mg capsules; Levofloxacin 500 mg tablets. Excluded from the FM endcap and its savings estimate.

Every Thursday · Check dates, then restock

Check delivery and existing-stock expiry dates. Move earliest-expiring usable stock down and to the front; put later-expiring stock behind it. Keep surplus in rows 1–3. Rotate by expiry date, not delivery date.

The bottle marks amoxicillin, not total stock. Earlier estimates of one tray per 500-count bottle or half a tray per 100-count bottle do not confirm fit on shared rows. Check actual packs and quantities. Existing azithromycin is excluded from savings.

rx09286.com · 09286.averyrx.comDRAFT ROW ASSIGNMENTS
02 / THE IDEAOBSERVATION → UNDERSTANDING
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One return.
Repeated
all year.

The prescription is filled.
The shared stock bottle still has to go back.

Unlike a package dispensed whole, a shared antibiotic bottle stays in the pharmacy: retrieve it, fill, return it, then get back to production. Repeated across products and days, that routine adds up.

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03 / FROM OBSERVATION TO FORMTHE MAKING OF A PERSPECTIVE

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A reconstruction, not a replica.
Built from observation, layout, and 3D study.

01

Observe

Photographs establish proportions, textures, and workflow cues.

02

Translate

A floor sketch turns those observations into spatial relationships.

03

Explore

The 3D reconstruction tests the proposal from multiple viewpoints.

↳ A NOTE ON ACCURACY Dimensions and fixture placement are estimates. This is a visual study, not an architectural record.

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