Contents Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. 1 Foreword. 5 Preface. 8 Introduction. 11 Setting a Transformative Agenda. 11 What should you expect to take away from this book?. 11 Book Format 12 Who should benefit from reading this book?. 14 Research Methodology.
15 A Positive View of the Future. 15 More than a generation of change will be required. 15 The Pharmaceutical Industry and its Supply Chain. 17 1 Industry Basics. 18 Pharmaceutical products. 18 Industry Business Models. 19 2 The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. 24 3 Regulation of Pharmaceutical Products.
36 Regulatory Authorities. 36 Regulatory Modernization Initiatives. 47 4 Evidence of Serious Supply Chain Problems Emerge. 56 US GAO Sounds an Important Warning Bell 56 5 Investigating Worrying Supply Chain Symptoms. 67 Large Pharmaceutical Companies Outsource their Assets. 67 Symptoms Transition to Deep Concerns. 79 6 Impact of the Systems Dynamic on Supply Chain Performance. 86 7 The Outcome.
93 Basic assumptions in the Pharmaceutical Industry. 106 Section II: Managing the Supply Chain Strategically. 112 8 Introduction to Socio-technical Systems. 113 Closed and open systems. 113 The Socio-technical System. 114 Systems Complexity in the Supply Chain: Bullwhip Effect 119 9 Fundamentals of the Supply Chain. 122 What is a Supply Chain?. 122 The Supply Chain in Modern Times 122 Three States in the Supply Chain.
123 10 The Supply Chain and Competitive Edge. 125 Supply Chains, not Products, Compete. 125 11 Core Disciplines of Supply Chain Management 132 Planning & Inventory Management (PIM) 132 Strategic Procurement 146 Transport Logistics. 153 12 Support Disciplines of Supply Chain Management 163 Information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) 163 Industrial Improvement 170 Leadership and Culture in the Supply Chain. 186 Section III: Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. 200 13 Shifting the Paradigm Gear 201 Why change?. 201 Facing reality. 201 14 Heuristic Methodology to Define the Transformation.
209 15 Introducing the Pharmaceutical Production System. 222 A new model for product development 223 16 Catalyst of Radical Change. 228 The First Step. 228 17 Delivering the Transformation with Stakeholders Onboard. 236 Returning to Purpose. 236 What can key stakeholders do to help?. 240 Governments. 240 Regulatory Authorities.
242 APPENDICES. 249.