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Measuring Supply Chain Performance in the Healthcare Industry

Received: 16 October 2014     Accepted: 27 October 2014     Published: 30 October 2014
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Abstract

The fundamental success of supply chain management involves the effective coordination and integration of all the entities among the various supply chain partners—for example, suppliers, distributors, inbound and outbound transportation, third-party logistics companies, and information systems providers. Healthcare supply chain management differs from other application in term of key elements as it tends to be misalignment, high costs for healthcare providers and heavy dependence on third party. There are multitudes of factors to be considered so as to ensure on-time delivery, protection and product integrity from origin to destination. The objective of the article is to critically assess and investigate the supply chain activities of Al Zahrawi Medical, U.A.E and to identify and address the areas of weakness that may affect organizational performance. The findings suggested that optimizing the operations would help the company to achieve higher profits and have a competitive advantage.

Published in Science Journal of Business and Management (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI 10.11648/j.sjbm.20140205.14
Page(s) 136-142
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Keywords

Supply Chain, Health care, Performance, SCOR

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