COORDINATION IN BRAZILIAN PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAINS

• Autor(a) principal: Souza Miguel, Priscila Laczynski de
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Reis, Manoel de Andrade e Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: JOSCM. Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/joscm/article/view/41521
• topic: coordination; pharmaceutical supply chain; interorganizational relationships; bullwhip effect.

Supply chain coordination (SCC) can be a challenge for many organizations as different firms in the same chain has different expectations and interdependencies (Arshinder & Deshmukh, 2008). Lack of SCC can result in the bullwhip effect and poor performance for a firm and its partners.  By investigating the phenomenon in the Brazilian pharmaceutical supply chain using a qualitative research, this paper aims to understand the main issues that avoid a better integrated chain. Results of 21 interviews suggested that the lack of coordination in this environment was influenced by the network design and the history of the sector in Brazil, as well as scarce resources.DOI: 10.12660/joscmv7n2p75-90URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/joscmv7n2p75-90