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Lean healthcare model for increasing the availability of products in pharmaceutical SMEs

  • Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

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Abstract

Nowadays, retailers in the trade industry are focused on meeting customers’ needs, as their priority is to make as many sales per day as possible. Stockouts lead to unattended sales, which mean loss of income. This endangers the place of the MSBs in the industry. This paper aims to prove that proposing a supply management model will reduce the number of lost sales due to stockouts. For this study, we analyzed three key processes (purchasing, storage and distribution), where we identified problems such as incomplete shipments and unfulfilled POs and replacement requests. To prove the viability of our proposal, a pilot was carried out in a pharmacy that has five dispensing premises and a central warehouse, which improved its stock availability from 82% to 89.5%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 the 5th International Conference on Industrial and Business Engineering, ICIBE 2019
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages13-17
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450376532
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Sep 2019
Event5th International Conference on Industrial and Business Engineering, ICIBE 2019 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 27 Sep 201929 Sep 2019

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Industrial and Business Engineering, ICIBE 2019
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period27/09/1929/09/19

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Lean Healthcare
  • Pharmaceutical MSBs
  • Purchase Policies
  • Stock Availability
  • Supply Management Models

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