| SMART JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDIES |
VOL. 19 |
NO. 1 |
PAPER 3 |
10.5958/2321-2012.2023.00003.9 |
MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTING SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION IN HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY FOR BETTER RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC COVID-19 |
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| Sadhana Mishra* |
| * Assistant Professor, Management Department, College of Business Administration, University of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia |
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| Hospital supply chains have been severely affected by the widespread transmission of COVID-19 over the past years. Hospitals are under pressure due to a lack of various healthcare supplies in recent years, despite the fact that the situation is appropriate for measuring supply chain processes important to the healthcare system. As a result, this study aims to test the applicability of associative and relational alliance strategies for healthcare supply chains. Production planning, operational planning, and demand forecasting have been identified as three key factors in the healthcare supply chain and their effects on the relationship between hospitals and suppliers have been examined in this study. Hospital–supplier associations play an important role in enabling these three factors to have a positive impact on the healthcare industry's performance, and the study found a strong correlation between the three factors and better operational performance. |
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