Name: Syed Maaz Ali

Roll number: 0006

70,000 employees worldwide and a global presence in more than 130 countries.

Abbott Pakistan started operation in Pakistan as a marketing affiliate in 1948.

The company has steadily expanded to compromise a work force over 1400 employees.

Currently two manufacturing facilities located at Landhi (largest tablet manufacturing plant) and Korangi in Karachi.

ABBOTT PAKISTAN

Abbott’s SCM mission is to configure, coordinate and improve all the sequentially related activities and set of operations with

the idea of satisfying the entire chain of ‘suppliers and customers’ by providing right

product, at the right time, in the right quantity.

SUPPLY CHAIN MISSION

PIONEERING

CARING

ACHIEVING

ENDURING

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CORE VALUES OF ABBOTT

MARKETING

TRANSPORTATION

SUPPLIER

WAREHOUSE (M O)

Manufacturing

WAREHOUSE ( F O)

CUSTOMER

RETAILERS/ WHOLESELLERS

DISTRIBUTORS

I N F O R M A T I O N F L O W

P R O D U C T F L O W

SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION

Push process is applied when forecast of every product is done and every product forecast is different from country to country.

Pull process is performed when uncertain demand for any medicine increase for example when Dengue occurred there was increased demand for mosquito repellent lotion and injections.

PROCESS VIEW OF SUPPLY CHAIN

Abbott achieved strategic fit through lean production.

They control the upstream and downstream of products, services, finances and information through aligned goals and strategies.

That collaboratively work to reduce cost and waste by efficiently and effectively pulling what is needed.

Achieving Strategic Fit

The executive management of ABBOTT Pakistan does the long term strategic planning.

Every 7th day of the month they conduct a SNO (Sales and Operations) meeting.

It is reviewed in the SNO meeting to highlight the gaps in performance if there any, and to make adjustments if required.

BUSINESS PLANNING

ABBOTT Pakistan has two purchasing departments.

One is for local purchases and the other one is for imports.

The procurement function is bifurcated in two categories:

• Direct Product Related Purchases• General Purchases

PROCUREMENT

ABBOTT Pakistan has 270 SKU”s, out of which 240 Pharma products and 30 are Nutritional products.

STOCK KEEPING UNITS

Direct Distribution Indirect Distribution

Direct Distribution is done through the manufacturing plant i.e. after manufacturing, products are distributed via ABBOTT delivery trucks to the institutions according to contracts and demand by institutions.

Indirect Distribution is all about distributing through appointed distributors i.e. those distributors who have proper contracts and than they distribute the respective product to the wholesalers and different chemists. Here, the concept of Third-party logistics (3PL) comes into play.

TYPES OF DISTRIBUTION

ABBOTT’S DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL

Hospital

Cent. Depot

Abbott truck

Abbott truck

Distributor

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Wholesaler

ABBOTT has their own depot i.e. their own distributorship in Karachi, Multan, Lahore and Islamabad dealing directly to customers

(Distributors and institutions) ABBOTT has market distributors in big cities and specific areas are assigned to each distributor.

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