Abstract
Quality management principles and practices helps supply chain management to deliver quality products in timely manner with a competitive cost to customers. However, this integration and its relationship with performance of pharmaceuticals supply chains of healthcare sector is rarely discussed. In current study, a conceptual framework for supply chain quality management in pharmaceuticals supply chain of healthcare sector is developed on basis of published literature and focus group discussion with practitioners and empirically established its relationship with supply chain performance and business results of pharmaceutical distributors of Pakistan. Mediating effect of supply chain performance between link of supply chain quality management (SCQM) and business results is also measured. The study collected data from 246 employees working at pharmaceutical distribution set ups running either directly by manufacturers or third parties, across all provinces of Pakistan. Structural equational modelling by using Amos 24 is employed to measure the relationships. Results of study will help practitioners working at pharmaceutical distributors to understand importance of SCQM in gaining business results.
Keyword(s)
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined variable: pub_keywords
Filename: front/publication.php
Line Number: 77
Backtrace:
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/application/views/front/publication.php
Line: 77
Function: _error_handler
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/application/controllers/Front.php
Line: 221
Function: view
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/index.php
Line: 315
Function: require_once
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
Filename: front/publication.php
Line Number: 77
Backtrace:
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/application/views/front/publication.php
Line: 77
Function: _error_handler
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/application/controllers/Front.php
Line: 221
Function: view
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/index.php
Line: 315
Function: require_once
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined variable: pub_info
Filename: front/publication.php
Line Number: 84
Backtrace:
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/application/views/front/publication.php
Line: 84
Function: _error_handler
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/application/controllers/Front.php
Line: 221
Function: view
File: /home/prdbpk/public_html/index.php
Line: 315
Function: require_once