Pharmaceutical supply chains: key issues and strategies ...

Computers and Chemical Engineering 28 (2004) 929 941 Pharmaceutical supply chains: key issues and strategies for optimisationNilay Shah Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BY,UKAbstractSupply chain optimisation is now a major research theme in process operations and management. A great deal of research has beenundertaken on facility location and design, inventory and distribution planning, capacity and production planning and detailed a small proportion of this work directly addresses the issues faced in the Pharmaceutical sector. On the other hand, this sector is verymuch ready for and in need of sophisticated supply chain optimisation the supply chain design stage, a particular problem faced by this industry is the need to balance future capacity with anticipated demandsin the face of the very significant uncertainty that arises out of clinical trials and competitor activity.

Keywords: Pharmaceutical industries; Supply chain optimisation; Pipeline management 1. Introduction The pharmaceutical industry can be defined as a complex of processes, operations and organisations involved in the discovery, development and manufacture of drugs and med-ications. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines a drug or

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