Supply Chain Management in Pharmaceutical Industry by Pearson

CHAPTER 9

Warehousing in Pharma Industry

9.1 INTRODUCTION

We have already studied the development of the concept of supply chain management/materials management/logistics. An important link in the supply chain is the inbound materials stores in the manufacturing plant/factory.

From a corner, where things were kept for use, Stores have now developed into an area designed, constructed, organized and operated as per a scientific plan. The aim, earlier, was simply to service the production.

Stores were designed for the following reasons:

1. To ensure a balanced flow of materials needed to keep the production running
2. To accept and store materials until these are needed and used or can be disposed of.
3. To organize and account for the receipt and issue ...