Supply Chain Management

• Supply Chain Management

  • process of integrating supply and demand management, not only within the organization but also across all the various members and channels in supply chain, so they work together most efficiently and effectively
• Supply Chain Management Benefits

  • lowered costs
  • increased revenue
  • asset utilization
• Supply Chain Management: Planning

  • determine the medicines to be available
  • process
  • conducts a needs assessment
  • create a formulary
  • consider national guidelines (abides the PNDF)
  • collaborate with healthcare providers
  • review and update the formulary
• Supply Chain Management: Procurement

  • Process:
  • identification of the needed medicines
  • assessment of the quantity and quality of the required medicines
  • selection of suppliers through a competitive bidding process
  • Government Procurement Reform Act
• Supply Chain Management: Storage

  • ensure that the storage facilities for medicines are secure, well-ventilated, and temperature-controlled
• Supply Chain Management: Storage

  • ensure that the storage facilities for medicines are secure, well-ventilated, and temperature-controlled
• Supply Chain Management: Distribution

  • transportation of medicines from storage facilities to health centers and hospitals
  • medicines should be delivered to their intended recipients in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Supply Chain Management: Monitoring

  • conduct regular inventory checks to ensure that the medicines are not expired or damaged
  • monitor the dispensing of medicines to patients to ensure that they are being used appropriately
  • identify and report Adverse Drug Reaction
• Supply Chain Management: Inventory Management

  • effective inventory management involves the following:
  • tracking of inventory levels
  • identification of potential stockouts
  • timely replenish of inventory
• Supply Chain Management: Inventory Management

  • Key Steps in inventory management:
  • Establishing inventory control systems
  • conducting regulatory inventory counts
  • implementing a first-expiry, first-out (FEFO) and first-in, first-out (FIFO) system
  • monitoring expiry dates
  • inventory forecasting
  • establishing reordering levels
• Supply Chain Management: Inventory Management

  • key steps in inventory forecasting
  • analyzing historical data
  • identifying relevant factors
  • creating a forecast model
  • validating the forecast
  • establishing safety stock levels
  • reviewing and adjusting the forecast