Pharmacies must understand the strengths and weaknesses of their distribution networks so that they can optimize operations and be ready for disruptions. Academics shed light last year on the responsibilities pharmaceutical warehouses and urged operators to fulfill their responsibility of curing supply chain disruptions and improving network design. South African researchers found that 36% of the respondents said it was often because there were no medicines at the warehouse that delays in moving stock to hospitals. A further 32% of respondents stated that staff shortages at the warehouse were the problem. Only a small percentage of late medicine requests were...