Improving a Supply Chain Management in Pharma Industry

Improving the supply chain performance

moldovan vasilie , MD mail : [e-mail]
Table of Contents

Abstract ..............................................................................................................3
Short description of the company .......................................................................4
Characteristics of the supply chain and logistics in pharma.................................5
Downstream supply chain in pharmaceuticals ..................................................7
Particularities of SCM in pharmaceutical field ................................................8
Supply to stock and Supply to order method .....................................................9
Performance measuring of indicators SCM .Considerations .............................13
Solutions to improve effectiveness in various processes of the SCM ................13
Pharmaceutical warehouse .Warehouse management ......................................15
Continue improvement in SCM .Collaborative Planning System.......................16
Conclusions ........................................................................................................18
ANNEX ..............................................................................................................20
References ...........................................................................................................25

Abstract

Supply Chain Management is one of the most complex business disciplines, comparing the interactions within and between many of the traditional functional areas of a company and their channel partners. Long-term success is becoming increasingly dependent on action and decision of upstream and downstream firms in the supply chain. (Darke

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