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The COVID-19 epidemic has crippled the healthcare industry and exposed the weakness of healthcare supply chains. The unexpected increase in demand for PPE, life-saving medications, and vaccines exposed flaws in the current supply chain procedures, such as shortages, delays, and inefficiencies. The pandemic has also disrupted the production, distribution, and transportation of medical items, leading to widespread panic and confusion. However, the situation has also presented an opportunity for healthcare organizations to re-evaluate and refurbishment their supply chain strategies, ensuring their readiness for future pandemics or wartime situations. Here are some key steps healthcare organizations can take to manage their post-pandemic and wartime supply chains: 1.       Establishing a contingency plan: Healthcare organizations must develop a contingency plan that outlines the steps they will take to ensure a steady supply of essential medical products during ...

Now a day in Bangladesh, healthcare is one of the booming sectors; in particular, Private Hospitals are best examples for that. The growth of private hospitals is increasing day by day. The best part of this sector is, it has extends healthcare facilities & services towards ailing humanity. This case study is based on ‘discussing the basic nature and components of supply chain management of healthcare industry with a considerable focus on future scopes against present situation’. Hence the relevant topic to be discussed is  “ efficient Supply Chain Management team can reduce the service cost of hospital sector” . The growth of service cost in healthcare sector of Bangladesh has far outpaced from the rate of inflation. Per capita health expenditure has increased to $37, which means people are to spend more than 63% from their own pocket to get health treatment that is one of the highest in the region. The cost of healthcare in private sector is far higher because of bad conditio...

Nowadays in Bangladesh, healthcare is one of the booming sectors; in particular, Private Hospitals are best examples for that. The growth of private hospitals is increasing day by day. The best part of this sector is, it has extended healthcare facilities & services towards ailing humanity.  Right now, we have 607 Government hospital and more than 5000 private hospital and clinics as well as 10,675 private registered diagnostic centers 10,675 under DGHS in Bangladesh. There are more than 500 regular suppliers to support these hospitals and diagnostic. On the other side, Allopathic Registered Manufacture 206, Retail Pharmacy 106,224 and wholesale pharmacy 970. Therefore, we can say that, growing businesses demand on hospital/healthcare the need to bring innovative changes in all the facts of their businesses as time and technology development. If we talk about quality healthcare services financed up with the latest technology is the need for today. Moreover, the hospital/healthc...

Healthcare supply chain management is the flow of different medical device, medicine and services from manufacturer to patient. Healthcare supply chain involves with different types of work process like, Medical items procurement, managing supplies, and delivering the items and services to providers and patients. To complete the process, physical items and information about medical products and services usually go through a number of independent stakeholders, including manufacturers, hospitals, providers (Doctors and Nurses), and several regulatory agencies. Providers use an uncountable of items, such as syringes, prescriptions drugs, gloves, pens, papers, and computers. Employees involved in healthcare supply chain management are responsible for stocking organizations with the products providers need and managing inventory.       “ Simply stated, supply chain is the management of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers to deliver superior ...