Patent ID: 7945455

Claim:
A computer-assisted method of distributing pharmaceutical items from a primary distributor to a secondary seller of pharmaceuticals, the computer comprising a processor, the method comprising: maintaining an inventory of pharmaceutical items at the primary distributor; receiving a request from the secondary seller to the primary distributor for a plurality of different pharmaceutical items; reviewing, via the processor, shelving information indicative of a sequential arrangement of pharmaceutical items along a shelving system maintained by the secondary seller; providing a mobile cart having a plurality of compartments; designating a sequential order to the plurality of compartments; creating a compartment assignment plan based upon the request, the shelving information, and the designated sequential order of compartments, wherein the compartment assignment plan assigns all of the requested pharmaceutical items to individual compartments in an order corresponding with the sequential arrangement of the requested pharmaceutical items along the shelving system; loading the compartments with the requested pharmaceutical items from the inventory of the primary distributor in accordance with the compartment assignment plan; and delivering the loaded cart to the secondary seller.