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A supply chain is a network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a
specific product to the final buyer. This network includes different activities, people, entities,
information and resources. Among all the supply chains, pharmaceutical supply chain is one
of the most complex supply chains, which is focused in this research. This analysis indicates
the problems or barriers which mostly affects achieving the goal in pharmaceutical supply
chain in a developing country like Bangladesh. The pharmaceutical industry is a growing
sector in Bangladesh as the country produce medicine for local markets as well as for the
international markets. So, for a better performance the barriers in this sector needs to be
identified, and as well as their impact should also be measured. The company‟s most priority
should be delivering of medicines as a strategic product. Pharmaceutical companies are the
most important player of the drug supply chain, which is a subject to many risks. These risks
or barriers interrupt the quality and quantity of supply of medicines and their delivery at the
correct manner. All these problems in this Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PSC) system of
Bangladesh need a proper analysis and identification of the most significant barrier.
Considering these facts of PSC in Bangladesh we approached a few local and multinational
companies in Bangladesh and conducted the expert opinion for identifying the main barrier.
Firstly, the analysis was done on the basis of existed literature review. For the proper
identification and analysis we chose some methodologies and conducted results of finding
the major barrier from each which is the main objective of this analysis. The identification of
barriers is desired to enhance the performance of the industry. This study identifies 26
barriers under 5 major criteria of Bangladesh pharmaceutical supply chain through existed
literature review as well as from the expert opinion in the practical field. The methodologies
applied for the identification here are- AHP, ISM and MICMAC method. The results
conducted from the literature review and industrial survey indicates that shipping problem in
Chittagong port and lack of government support in this case have the most significant impact
on the whole process in the context of Bangladesh pharmaceutical supply chain. |
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