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    Time-Based Process Mapping and Exploring Factors Affecting the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Process in Saint Peter Specialized Hospital
    (Addis Ababa University, 2023) Chemeda,Abebech; Gedif, Teferi( Prof.); Teshome,Dawit (MSC, MA)
    Introduction: Time has become the most important factor in this competitive business environment. Time-based competition is a strategy by which a firm makes better use of time as a resource to acquire a competitive advantage. In the pharmaceutical supply chain context, there is a lack of objective evidence regarding how long the entire processes take, which activities are value-adding and which are not, and factors affecting the time are known little. Objective: to perform time-based process map and explore factors affecting the pharmaceutical supply chain process in Saint Peter Specialized Hospital Method: Facility based sequential triangulation quantitative and qualitative study design and observational process mapping and document review used for data collection. Quantitative and qualitative data analyzed using a thematic analysis approach used for qualitative data. Result: Process map of pharmaceutical supply chain at Saint Peter specialized Hospital have mapped by dividing into three such as process map of acquiring pharmaceuticals from EPSS, Acquiring pharmaceutical from private supplier and reporting and resupplying of pharmaceuticals from store. . The Time Based Process Mapping showed that from7 % to84.8 % were Non Value Adding. And the factors contributing for these Non Value Adding were unavailability of enough vehicles, not giving priority for pharmaceutical procurement, lack of Standard Operating Procedure, work load & lack of commitment of staff, Shortages of budget to procure pharmaceuticals, an and discrepancy between PO and Invoice of the product during receiving. Conclusion: Process mapping of pharmaceutical supply chain highlight a clear road that pharmaceuticals pass through to reach a customer in Saint peter`s specialized hospital. And it revealed the value adding and non value adding activities of the SPSH pharmaceuticals supply chain from ordering to receiving and reporting and supplied from the store were from 8.1% to 84.3% were non value adding time.