Name: Syed Maaz Ali

Roll number: 0006

ABBOTT PAKISTAN

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.

SUPPLY CHAIN MISSION

Abbotts 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.

CORE VALUES OF ABBOTT

SUPPLY CHAIN
INTEGRATION

PROCESS VIEW OF SUPPLY

CHAIN

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.

Achieving Strategic Fit

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.

BUSINESS PLANNING

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.

PROCUREMENT
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

STOCK KEEPING UNITS

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

TYPES OF DISTRIBUTION

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.

ABBOTT DISTRIBUTION

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.