Open Access<p>Assessment of Inventory Management Practices at the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Bekele Boche,
Tidenek Mulugeta,
Tadesse Gudeta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
integrated pharmacy research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2230-5254
DOI - 10.2147/iprp.s269421
Subject(s) - inventory management , operations management , business , inventory valuation , stock (firearms) , stockout , economic shortage , supply chain , revenue , agricultural science , finance , marketing , economics , engineering , environmental science , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Maintaining an adequate level of inventory is critical since an enormous amount of capital tied up with it. Having excess inventory leads to wastage. On the contrary, insufficient commodity leads to stock out. Hence, this study aimed to assess inventory management practices of program commodities at Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency.