ASSESSMENT OF REVERS LOGISTIC ON PHARMASTUCAL MATERIALS IN PHARMASTICAL FUND AND SUPPLY AGENCY OF ETHIOPIA, JIMMA BRANCH

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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