The Way to Effective and Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Treves, Luke (2015)
Treves, Luke
Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505188658
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505188658
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The purpose of the thesis was to examine the importance of Supply Chain Management (SCM) in developing and delivering effective and sustainable supply chains and value chains in the Pharmaceutical Industry. In addition, it was a goal to gain an understanding of the likely future trends and threats to the industry, and analyse how SCM can be used to address these.
The information for the theoretical framework was gathered from academic books, sector specific articles and journals, and recent studies. The empirical part was based on two structured questionnaires which were sent to 20 Euro-pean based multi-national pharmaceutical companies and 7 European national pharmaceutical trade associations. Unfortunately only one response was received therefore, this company was used as a case study. For further analysis and formulation of recommendations the results from this response were compared to results of previous research into the subject conducted by respected research companies.
The results of the study show that sustainable SCM is of key importance to pharmaceutical companies and that they are taking actions to modernise their supply and value chains, so to deliver cost savings and value to both the com-pany and the end-user. However, total sustainable SCM is not likely in the near future unless there is a move towards global consensus on legislation affecting the pharmaceutical industry.
The information for the theoretical framework was gathered from academic books, sector specific articles and journals, and recent studies. The empirical part was based on two structured questionnaires which were sent to 20 Euro-pean based multi-national pharmaceutical companies and 7 European national pharmaceutical trade associations. Unfortunately only one response was received therefore, this company was used as a case study. For further analysis and formulation of recommendations the results from this response were compared to results of previous research into the subject conducted by respected research companies.
The results of the study show that sustainable SCM is of key importance to pharmaceutical companies and that they are taking actions to modernise their supply and value chains, so to deliver cost savings and value to both the com-pany and the end-user. However, total sustainable SCM is not likely in the near future unless there is a move towards global consensus on legislation affecting the pharmaceutical industry.