Managing the product library

Managing the product library

So, you have medicines, supplies or health care product that you want to offer to EXPs (external partners). Where to start? Uploading your donation is an essential step. However, there is one consideration to make prior to uploading your donation:

Are your product/s in your product library? 

The product library is where critical information about your product is saved. This includes the four pricing fields that will later be used to report on the financial value of your product donations. The product library saves you time, as information about your frequently donated products is already available in Boaz. Therefore, your first step is to establish whether or not the products you are donating are or are not already saved in the product library. 

Mandatory product library fields include:
  1. Product Code (must be unique)
  2. Manufacturer
  3. Brand name
  4. Generic Name
  5. Formulation
  6. Unit size
  7. Unit of Sale
  8. Label Language
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Key point: When uploading a donation, it is not mandatory for your products to be saved in the product library, i.e., you can upload a donation and offer the products to your EXPs with out the product/s matching item/s in the product library. These will display in your donation as unmatched to the product library. This can be helpful if you are offering infrequently donated product/s to your EXPs. 

This decision tree presents you with helpful questions to ask when considering if you should upload your product/s to the library:



Next steps: 
  1. Add product/s to your product library.
  2. Update product/s in your product library.
  3. If your pricing information is correct, continue with your donation upload.