A hybrid framework to model resilience in the generic medicine supply chain of MSMEs

PurposeOne of the most important components of healthcare is the timely delivery of pharmaceutical products, such as life-saving medicines. However, disruptions like COVID-19 bring new challenges and risks to the pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) and healthcare organizations that impact their operat...

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Published in:Benchmarking : an international journal 2023-07, Vol.30 (6), p.2189-2224
Main Authors: Kumar, Dinesh, Chandra, Dheeraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobiles
Consumption
Cost analysis
COVID-19
Decision making
Fuzzy sets
Generic drugs
Health care
Literature reviews
Pandemics
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceuticals
Resilience
Risk
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Suppliers
Supply chains
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Summary:PurposeOne of the most important components of healthcare is the timely delivery of pharmaceutical products, such as life-saving medicines. However, disruptions like COVID-19 bring new challenges and risks to the pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) and healthcare organizations that impact their operational performance. This study focuses on mitigating risks in India's generic medicine supply chain (GMSC) as a result of various disruptions, which can assist policymakers develop appropriate plans and strategies to build resilience in the Jan Aushadhi Scheme (JAS) of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in order to improve their overall performance.Design/methodology/approachRisk-causing vulnerabilities and resilience capabilities are identified from the literature review and expert's opinions. Following that, the vulnerabilities are classified into cause-and-effect vulnerabilities, and supply chain resilient capabilities (SCRCs) are measured using a hybrid fuzzy DEMATEL and best worst method (FDEMATEL-BMW) framework.FindingsThe outcome of the study reveals that transportation breakdown, loss of human resources and loss of suppliers are the potential risk-causing vulnerabilities that lead to vulnerabilities like shortages of medicines, loss of in-hand stock qualities and loss of sales/revenue. In addition, the analysis suggests that the sustainability of an organization with maximum weightage is the critical factor for building resilience in GMSC followed by flexibility, agility and visibility.Practical implicationsThe integration of resilience into Jan Aushadhi GMSC can help in managing disruptions efficiently and effectively to mitigate risk and optimize MSMEs overall performance.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this work will be the first of its kind to model resilience in GMSC of MSMEs using a hybrid framework.
ISSN:1463-5771
1758-4094
DOI:10.1108/BIJ-11-2021-0697