Challenges Of Global Pharmaceuticals Supply Chain Management: The Case Of Zaf Pharmaceuticals Plc
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jebena, Tariku(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Liknaw, Bayew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-24T07:13:31Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:25:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-24T07:13:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:25:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Global supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies belonging to different countries. The planning of activities involving sourcing, outsourcing and supplying are subject to environmental conditions that compose the global market. However, the global dimension has introduced complexity in the supply chain. The management of global supply chains poses more challenges than the management of domestic supply chains. The case of global Pharmaceuticals supply chain management is one of the most difficult supply chain management operations as it is conducted in a highly governmentregulated environment to protect human lives from adverse effects of medicines. The identified challenges faced during global SCM practice of Zaf Pharmaceuticals PLC collecting data from concerned departments’ respondents. The data for study was collected from 57employees of Zaf Pharmaceuticals PLC and its global suppliers’ representative offices based on purposive sampling technique through self-administered questionnaires. In addition, 5 managers were interviewed. The data collected through self-administered questionnaires was analyzed using descriptive statistics like percentage, mean and standard deviation. The qualitative data collected through interview was used during discussion of stated points. The result of the analysis indicated that shortage of foreign exchange and fluctuation of exchange rates, supply uncertainty, regulatory standard to get market authorization to distribute pharmaceuticals, longer and variable lead-times, supplier selection complexity and to some extent lingual and cultural differences and economical and political instability are found to be major challenges in global supply chain management practice of Zaf pharmaceuticals PLC respectively. Based on the findings of the study it was recommended that working on supplier selection criteria, conducting periodic audit of suppliers, sourcing from high quality profile pharmaceuticals suppliers, reduction of suppliers’ base and shifting to domestic sourcing to minimize foreign exchange scarcity challenges are found to be important. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/18133 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pharmaceuticals | en_US |
| dc.subject | global supply chain management | en_US |
| dc.subject | challenges, and suppliers | en_US |
| dc.title | Challenges Of Global Pharmaceuticals Supply Chain Management: The Case Of Zaf Pharmaceuticals Plc | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |