Abstract:
ABSTRACT
The research paper on the Assessment of reverse logistics on Pharmastucal Materials in Pharmaceutical
Fund and Supply Agency of Ethiopia, Jimma Branch. This study aimed to describe the
extent to which Pharmastical fund and supply agency of Ethiopia, Jimma Branch has
implemented reverse logistics, to identify the economic benefits that can result from adoption of
reverse logistics by Pharmastical Fund Supply Agency of Ethiopia, Jimma Branch and To identify
the economic benefits that can result from adoption of reverse logistics by Pharmastical fund
and supply agency of Ethiopia, Jimma Branch. The problem for the study was based on the
researcher’s observation of the Pharmastical fund and supply agency of Ethiopia (PFSA) Jimma
Branch that has no clear revers logistic practice that helps to minimize pharmastical material
disposal rate and shortage of pharmastical material within other branch of PFSA. These studies
were use cross sectional research design and the study prefers to use census or include all staff
members to maintain the validity of the result at higher possible level. The reason for using
census was due to less number staff at PFSA Ethiopia, Jimma Branch. According to the result of
these studies, the practice of revers logistics in PFSA Ethiopia, Jimma Branch introduced in
organizational policy level. This means they plan and develop a policy to use revers logistics
practice in order to minimize pharmastical materials from damage and disposal. Due to lack of
changing this policy to practice PFSA Ethiopia, Jimma Branch had a loss of seven million birr
in 2009E.C. Finally these studies recommend that, the practice of reverse logistics (reuse,
recycling and Transfer) must be implemented practically rather than organizational policy level.
Hence our country is developing country; every stockholder must strive for proper use and
management of pharmastical materials seriously and this research design a framework that
helps as a solution for the existing problem in PFSA Ethiopia, Jimma Branch. The proposed
framework have an important role regarding the safe use of pharmaceutical materials without loss if it
is deployed practically within the chain of the sectors in PFSA Ethiopia Jimma branch and
other branches of PFSA Ethiopia
