Article | Strategy and Innovation area | Year 2015
 

Hospital Supply Chain Risks Categorization: Q-SORT Technique

by Tritos laosirihongthong; Poomporn Thansatitdej
  
  Ladkrabang Engineering Journal 32(4), p.43-48

Abstract

This paper aims to categorize risk factors in healthcare business supply chain. The study commenced with searching articles related to supply chain risk and healthcare. It discovered 36 literature published in international refereed journals then employed Pareto technique to determine 13 risk issues and 5 risk dimensions. In order to categorize all risk factors based on Thai practitioners in hospital supply management perception, the Q-Sort method was employed to reveal such determination. The result indicate useful group of risk dimensions and risk factors which can be vary beneficial for practitioners to support their risk identification activities.

Keywords: supply chain, risk factors, healthcare