Instinct Stockroom — Live System Status

Every vial.
Every shelf.
Every second.

Veterinary inventory management built for operations managers who can't afford a propofol stockout at 2 a.m. — or a DEA audit they didn't see coming.

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Order Accuracy

Across all storage zones

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Average Pick Time

Down from 4.2 min manual

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Shrinkage Prevented

Per 50-location group, annually

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SKUs Tracked

Live, to the vial

Trusted byBluePearl VetVCA HospitalsNational Veterinary AssociatesBanfield Pet Hospital

The Cost of Inaction

Your spreadsheet is
bleeding money.
These are the numbers.

Every row below is a real cost category. Every delta is a documented outcome. Scroll until the case is undeniable.

Expired Product Write-offs
Without Stockroom

Annual Loss

$47,200

Avg. per 3-vet practice. No automated expiry alerts.

With Stockroom

Annual Loss

$3,100

Expiration flags 90/60/30 days out. Auto-quarantine workflow.

–$44,100saved per year
Emergency Reorder Freight
Without Stockroom

Overnight Freight/yr

$18,600

Reactive ordering. Average 11 emergency shipments/month.

With Stockroom

Overnight Freight/yr

$1,200

Par-level alerts trigger POs before stockout. Want List automation.

–$17,400in freight costs
Staff Hours on Manual Counts
Without Stockroom

Hours/week

6.2 hrs

Manual cycle counts, spreadsheet reconciliation, discrepancy chasing.

With Stockroom

Hours/week

0.8 hrs

Barcode scan-in/out. Real-time Instinct EMR sync on treatment completion.

5.4 hrsreturned to clinical care weekly
DEA Audit Prep Time
Without Stockroom

Prep time per location

38 hrs

Manual log reconstruction. Schedule II–V ledgers built from paper records.

With Stockroom

Prep time per location

2 hrs

Digital controlled substance logs. Shift-end audit reports auto-generated. 2-year archive.

–36 hrsper DEA inspection cycle
Overstock Carrying Cost
Without Stockroom

Tied-up capital

$31,800

Avg. excess inventory per location. No COGS visibility.

With Stockroom

Tied-up capital

$9,400

Real-time COGS dashboard. Vendor comparison. Min/max par automation.

–$22,400capital freed per location
Multi-Location Shrinkage
Without Stockroom

Unaccounted loss/yr

$84,000

Per vet, per year (Crampton Consulting). Diversion, breakage, billing misses.

With Stockroom

Unaccounted loss/yr

$6,200

Per-vial tracking. Dispense reconciliation. Anomaly flagging within 15 minutes.

–$77,800per vet annually

Conservative Annual Total

$84,000

Per veterinarian, per year — in preventable inventory losses. Most practices recoup their Stockroom investment within 12 weeks.

Platform Capabilities

Built for the
veterinary stockroom.
Not adapted from retail.

Every feature exists because a vet ops manager asked for it after a DEA audit, a propofol stockout, or a $40K write-off quarter.

DEA Compliance

Controlled Substance Tracking

Per-vial Schedule II–V logs with shift-end audit reports generated automatically. Authorized Personnel Log, Opened Container Log, Biennial Inventory Logbook — all digital, all searchable, archived for the required 2–5 year window per state.

Shift-End Log · Feb 24, 2026✓ Reconciled

Propofol 200mg/20mL

Schedule III · Dispensed: 4 vials

22 vials

Verified

Ketamine HCl 500mg

Schedule III · Dispensed: 1 vial

8 vials

Verified

Butorphanol 10mg/mL

Schedule IV · Dispensed: 3 vials

14 vials

Verified

75% faster than manual logging · DEA inspection ready in 2 hrs vs 38 hrs

Expiration Intelligence

90 / 60 / 30-Day Alerts

Three-zone expiration monitoring across refrigerated, controlled, and general storage. Auto-quarantine workflow prevents expired stock from reaching treatment.

90-day window

14 SKUs expiring

Monitor

60-day window

6 SKUs expiring

Order Now

30-day window

3 SKUs expiring

Urgent

$47,200 → $3,100 avg annual write-off reduction

Instinct EMR Two-Way Sync

Treatment completed → inventory decremented. Pricing updated in EMR → invoices reflect it. Zero manual entry between the stockroom and the treatment sheet.

Stockroom
LIVE
Instinct EMR

PO Automation & Want List

Par levels hit → PO drafted automatically. Want List captures ad-hoc needs from any team member. One-click conversion to purchase order. Vendor comparison built in.

Propofol 200mg/20mL

24 vials · MWI Animal Health

Par alert

Heartgard Plus L

3 boxes · Covetrus

Want List

Surgical Drapes 18×26

2 cases · Medline

Par alert

Multi-Location Groups

Consolidated COGS view across all locations. Transfer inventory between sites. Separate DEA registrations managed in one dashboard.

Downtown Clinic
Live
Eastside Emergency
Live
North Campus
Live

From the Stockroom Floor

Operations managers who
stopped counting by hand.

36 hrssaved per DEA audit cycle

"We had a DEA inspection six weeks after going live with Stockroom. What would have taken my team 38 hours to reconstruct took two. The inspector commented on the quality of our digital logs. That was a first."

Dr. Renata Osei-Bonsu, Hospital Director at Eastside Emergency Animal Hospital

Dr. Renata Osei-Bonsu

Hospital Director · Eastside Emergency Animal Hospital

Columbus, OH

$2.4Mshrinkage prevented, year one

"Before Stockroom, I was spending Sunday nights reconciling three spreadsheets across our four locations. We had a $31,000 propofol discrepancy one quarter that took six weeks to trace. That doesn't happen anymore."

Marcus Delacroix, Operations Manager at Crescent Veterinary Group

Marcus Delacroix

Operations Manager · Crescent Veterinary Group

New Orleans, LA

6.2→0.8hrs/week on inventory counts

"The EMR sync alone paid for five years of the platform. Our technicians stopped double-entering treatments. Our invoices are accurate. Our COGS finally matches what we think we're spending."

Priya Krishnamurthy, Procurement Director at Pacific Coast Veterinary Partners

Priya Krishnamurthy

Procurement Director · Pacific Coast Veterinary Partners

San Diego, CA

12 wks

Average payback period

400+

Veterinary hospitals

99.7%

Inventory accuracy rate

4.9/5

Operations manager rating

Free · 3 Minutes · No Commitment

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Warehouse Audit.

Tell us about your operation. We'll show you exactly where inventory is costing you — down to the SKU category and dollar amount — before you commit to anything.

Custom shrinkage estimate for your facility count and SKU volume

DEA compliance gap analysis based on your current system

Staff-hours-recovered projection vs. your current workflow

12-week ROI calculation with conservative assumptions

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