Adopting Lean Supply Chain at Unipharma Syria to Improve its Response to Clients

Hanna Massoudi, Aram (2019) Adopting Lean Supply Chain at Unipharma Syria to Improve its Response to Clients. International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 8 (5). pp. 10-19. ISSN 2050-7399

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Abstract

This research aims to test the impact of the adoption of lean supply chain standards in improving Unipharma Syria response to its clients post the Syrian crisis of 2011. The researcher used descriptive and analytical approach to study Universal Pharmaceutical Industries.
“UNIPHARMA” one of the well-known highly developed firms in the Pharmaceutical Industries in Syria. The data was collected from a questionnaire distributed to 100 employees working at Unipharma Damascus, 98 valid responses were received. The hypotheses were tested using SPSS software. The result of the research showed that the company's reliance on process standardization and industrial standards was relatively high and the adoption rate for industrial standards are the highest. The company's response rate to its customers in terms of flexibility and delivery is not high and convergent for both variables. The novelty of this study stems from the introduction of critical influences that determine an effective employment of lean production to Syrian Manufacturing Companies.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: lean supply chain, customer response, Process Standardization, Industrial Standards.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Divisions: Department of Business Administration > Research papers
Depositing User: ePrints Depositor
Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2024 10:15
Last Modified: 06 Oct 2024 10:15
URI: https://eprints.cihanuniversity.edu.iq/id/eprint/1699

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