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Reverse Logistics Practies in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry: Experiences from Ghana

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  • Kwame Owusu Kwateng
  • Bernice Debrah
  • Daniel Vroom Parker
  • Reginald Nana Owusu
  • Hilda Prempeh

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This paper examines reverse logistics practices in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Ghana. The sample were selected on hierarchical levels using stratified sampling methods. With a 100% response rate, data gathered from both primary and secondary sources were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative techniques. The research revealed a gap in the flow of reverse logistic activities; from drug returns to its disposal. Most returns were from wholesalers with the end consumer playing little or no role. Drugs were frequently disposed of by burning in open containers or through open uncontrolled nonengineering dumps. However such practices are recommended as a last resort in the extant literature. We recommend adoption of an enterprise system such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) for drugs reverse logistics activities and implementation of an efficient method for drug disposal by pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in Ghana.

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  • Kwame Owusu Kwateng & Bernice Debrah & Daniel Vroom Parker & Reginald Nana Owusu & Hilda Prempeh, 2014. "Reverse Logistics Practies in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry: Experiences from Ghana," Global Journal of Business Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 8(5), pages 17-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:8:y:2014:i:5:p:17-26
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    Keywords

    Reverse Logistics; Supply Chain; Waste Disposal; Pharmaceutical Industry; Ghana;
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    JEL classification:

    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management
    • M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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