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Title: An investigation of purchasing and supply chain management practices and challenges in state enterprises : a case study of the health sector in Zimbabwe
Authors: Shonhe, Johnson 
Keywords: Supply chain management;Purchasing process;Purchasing strategy;Supplier selection and evaluation;Supply chain strategy;Supply chain integration and co-ordination;Procurement practices and challenges;Public procurement;Procurement legislative framework;Case study;Health sector
Issue Date: 2017
Abstract: 
The world over, countries are burdened with existing and emerging diseases and while that affected all nations, sub-Saharan Africa carried the heaviest portion. This filtered to Zimbabwe where a myriad of health challenges are faced. Unavailability of medicines coupled with poor inventory management of these medicines has been prevalent. Insufficient financial resources and increasing cost of heal...
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Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Technology: Public Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2614
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/10321/2614
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