Secure Role-Based Login: Features JWT authentication, routing users to restricted Admin or Pharmacist views.
Admin Dashboard: High-level overview of total revenue, inventory valuation, and real-time Low Stock Alerts.
High-Speed Billing: Optimized for fast, keyboard-driven checkouts with instant generic formula matching.
Inventory Management: A robust clinical database handling 5,000+ medicines, stock levels, and precise pricing.
User Management: Secure admin portal for adding staff, assigning roles, and overseeing system access.
Returns Modal: Advanced billing tool for processing complex partial refunds while maintaining profit integrity.
Data Entry Modal: Granular data entry form for maintaining highly accurate inventory and pricing metrics.
Sales History: Comprehensive audit ledger tracking every transaction, refund, and net profit metric.
Shift Closing: Automated end-of-day reconciliation for pharmacists to verify cash and daily transactions.

Inspiration

The healthcare infrastructure in many developing regions still relies on manual, paper-based logging for pharmacy transactions. This leads to frequent inventory mismanagement, "out-of-stock" crises, and financial leakages. Medi-Store was born from the need to provide a high-speed, clinical-grade billing and inventory system that combines the simplicity of a modern POS with the robust reporting of an ERP.

What it does

Medi-Store is a specialized Pharmacy Management System designed for precision and speed.

High-Speed Billing: Optimized for pharmacists who need to handle peak traffic with keyboard-only navigation and real-time salt formula (generic) matching.
Intelligent Inventory: Automated "Low Stock" alerts and real-time valuation of stock based on multi-decimal precision.
Financial Integrity: Tracks net profit vs. revenue and handles complex proportional refund logic for partial returns.
Security First: Role-based access control (Admin vs. Pharmacist) secured by industry-standard JWT authentication.

How we built it

The project follows a modern Cloud-Native architecture:

The Engine (Backend): Built with Java and Spring Boot, leveraging Spring Security for hardware-agnostic authentication. We implemented a custom high-priority CORS filter to ensure secure but flexible cross-origin communication.
The Interface (Frontend): A high-performance React SPA built with Vite. We opted for a Glassmorphism design language to make the clinical environment feel premium and accessible.
The Data (Cloud): Deployed on a professional hybrid cloud stack—Azure Database for PostgreSQL for data persistence, Azure App Service for the core engine, and Vercel for the global delivery of the frontend.

Challenges we faced

Synchronizing complex financial math across currencies and return scenarios was a significant hurdle. We developed a proprietary Proportional Refund Algorithm to ensure that when a customer returns 2 units of a 10-unit invoice that had a bulk discount, the pharmacist's profit metrics remain 100% accurate. We also overcame critical CORS preflight challenges during the migration to a custom .me domain, ensuring seamless secure handshakes between Vercel and Azure.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We successfully moved from a localhost prototype to a Live Production Deployment at medistore.me. The system successfully handles concurrent operations with sub-second response times, and the database architecture is scaled to handle over 10,000 unique medicine brands without performance degradation.

What we learned

We learned the importance of Observability in cloud environments. Monitoring the "cold start" latency of Azure App Service and optimizing environment variable synchronization between frontend and backend were vital lessons in building production-ready SaaS.

What's next for Medi-Store

Our roadmap includes an AI-driven Stock Forecasting module that predicts when stock will run out based on seasonal trends, and a Pharmacy-to-Patient WhatsApp integration for automated prescription refills.

Built With

axios
azure-app-service
css3-(glassmorphism)
java
jwt
lucide-react
maven
postgresql
react
spring-boot
spring-security
vercel
vite

Submitted to

LUMA Pitch Competition (July 3rd - 10th)

Created by

I spearheaded the frontend development using React and Vite. My main contribution was designing and building the 'Glass morphism' user interface and the high-speed, keyboard-driven billing system. I handled all API integrations on the client side and managed our global frontend deployment through Vercel.

Ganpat rai
I drove the product vision, market research, and project management. My focus was on defining the core problem statement, shaping the UI/UX user journey, and translating our technical work into a compelling narrative.

Saad Memon
I led the backend development using Java and Spring Boot. My primary focus was building the secure REST APIs, implementing JWT authentication with Spring Security, and coding the complex business logic for proportional refunds and inventory tracking. I also managed our backend deployment to Azure App Service and resolved critical CORS configurations.

kanwal ladhani
Vivek khatri