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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Pharmaceutical supply"”.
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Planning and scheduling in pharmaceutical supply chains
… are the common but important problems in pharmaceutical supply chains. High product turnover is crucial to the continued economic survival and growth of a pharmaceutical company. An issue that relates to this and the one that a pharmaceutical plant repeatedly needs to resolve is whether it …
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Pharmaceutical supply chain resilience. An exploratory analysis of vulnerabilities and resilience strategies in the face of dynamic disruptions in the UK pharmaceutical supply chain
Pharmaceutical supply chains are susceptible to disruptions which impact on the operational and financial performance of firms as well as patient safety. This study aimed to explore why the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PSC) in the UK is susceptible to the impact of dynamic disruptions and examine …
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The pharmaceutical supply chain : a diagnosis of the state-of-the-art
This study explores the current supply chain trends in the pharmaceutical industry. The main objective of the study is to characterize the pharmaceutical industry and identify excellent supply chain practices. Indeed, the pharmaceutical industry is not renowned for its supply chain management …
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Inventory strategies for patented and generic products for a pharmaceutical supply chain
… the distinct planning parameters for a pharmaceutical company. Traditional parameters such as forecast accuracy, service level requirements and average lead-time are combined with a nontraditional upstream uncertainty parameter defined as supply reliability. In this instance, supply …
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Product traceability in the pharmaceutical supply chain : an analysis of the auto-ID approach
… will change the management and distribution of pharmaceutical products within the health care industry by enabling item level product traceability functionality. The complexity of the health care industry is steadily growing, due to the concurrent increase in medical knowledge, biomedical …
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An auto-ID based approach to reduce counterfeiting in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain
… medicine being introduced into the legal pharmaceutical supply chain. This has long been an unresolved global problem, but only recently has it become a major threat in America. Existing legal and technical efforts to control counterfeiting are no longer sufficient to contain the problem. …
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The effect of supply chain approaches on profitability in pharmaceutical supply chain of healthcare providers.
Healthcare supply chain is plagued by misalignment, high costs for healthcare providers and heavy dependence on third parties, distributors and manufacturers. In contrast to traditional supply chain models, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) can be used to gain a competitive advantage through effective …
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The effect of supply chain approaches on profitability in pharmaceutical supply chain of healthcare providers.
Healthcare supply chain is plagued by misalignment, high costs for healthcare providers and heavy dependence on third parties, distributors and manufacturers. In contrast to traditional supply chain models, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) can be used to gain a competitive advantage through effective …
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An assessment of the strategies for mitigating pharmaceutical supply chain disruption during covid -19 at the Central Medical Stores Namibia
… has negatively impacted the public sector pharmaceutical supply chain in Namibia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the strategies for mitigating pharmaceutical supply chain disruption during COVID-19 using Central Medical Stores Namibia as a case study. The study employed a case …
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The nature and extent of faith-based involvement in African pharmaceutical systems
… the context of health system strengthening and pharmaceutical systems development goals, a population must have equitable access to quality affordable medicines and pharmaceutical supplies. The utilization of the private (for-profit and not-for-profit) pharmaceutical sector actors by the public …
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Drug Supply Chain Security Act of 2013 and It’s Computer System Implementation
… from entering the United States and the states' pharmaceutical supply chain. The latest attempt to prevent counterfeit drugs from entering the state drug supply chain was the California E-Pedigree drug tracing program that was to be implemented by the end of 2017. The California E-Pedigree system …
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Financing medicine's last mile in Uganda : exploring linkages between patient access to medicine and supply chain access to finance
Pharmaceutical companies operating in Africa are well positioned to contribute to the United Nations' ongoing efforts to improve access to medicine in Africa. This thesis explores how access to finance for businesses in the Ugandan private pharmaceutical supply chain affects access to medicine for …
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Unlocking value in healthcare delivery channels
Pharmaceutical supply chains are strictly regulated and work within unique constraints. Traditionally, innovator companies that are manufacturing the product have no direct interaction with the end users (treatment sites or individual patients); rather, over 90% of the orders go through …
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Application of neural networks techniques to military pharmaceutical ordering problems
The military is one of the largest pharmaceutical distributors in the country. In order to minimize the amount of inventory held, and hence warehousing and expired drug costs, data mining techniques can be applied to old transaction records to predict future needs. One powerful method of data …
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Logistical Models For Planning And Operating Medical Countermeasure Distribution Networks During Public Health Emergencies
… clinic and the multi-echelon supply chain that operate to support such clinics. Along with the results of our earlier numerical study, these simulations can be used to demonstrate the importance of flexible clinic staffing plans, show the value of centralized command and …
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Serialization of prescription drugs in the USA : a centralized view
This thesis explores the impact of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) on various stakeholders in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Specific attention has been dedicated to the impact on manufacturers and distributors/retailers. Although various interpretations of the DSCSA are possible, this …
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A technical and economic evaluation of novel pH-responsive core-shell nanoparticles : delivering innovation from laboratory to market
… in these fields. Partnerships with large pharmaceutical companies are critical in order to acquire key patents on siRNA/antigen. Even though the market is competitive, there is a strong demand for innovative delivery platforms; provided that the overall profile of the core-shell …
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Improving healthcare supply chains and decision making in the management of pharmaceuticals
… A significant part of healthcare cost is the pharmaceutical supply component. Improving healthcare supply chains is critical not only because of the financial magnitude but also because it impacts so many people. Efforts such as this project are essential in understanding the current …
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Airline schedule planning and operations : optimization-based approaches for delay mitigation
… in other domains, by applying these models to pharmaceutical supply chain and corporate portfolio applications in collaboration with IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory. Through empirical studies, we show that the effectiveness of a robust approach for an application is dependent on the …
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