Responsive Supply Chain Management in Healthcare Industry: An Overview

Abstract

Purpose: To be competitive in healthcare sector, responsive supply chain management is essential. The Primary objective of responsive supply chain management is to provide the high quality of patient care at affordable cost. In order to fulfil aforesaid purpose, it is necessary to understand the healthcare supply chain management. This paper provides the insight of responsive healthcare supply chain management in developing countries. Present paper focuses the healthcare supply chain management key issues, barriers and enablers. It also provides challenges faced by the healthcare supply chain management. Responsiveness in healthcare supply chain management is very difficult to achieve because it requires the total involvement of every player of the chain. This paper also discusses the expected performance outcomes after achieving the responsiveness in healthcare supply chain management