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FABAD
J. Pharm. Sci.
ISSN 1300-4182
Copyright Ó 2005
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J. Pharm. Sci., 28(3), 141-148, 2003. PDF
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STUDY ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS
Erdem MAHANOĞLU*,o, Gülbin ÖZÇELİKAY*
*Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy
Management, 06100 Tandoğan, Ankara, TURKEY.
oCorresponding Author
Summary :
As is well known, distribution channels have a big role
in transportation of the products to the customers. Companies/firms
can develop rapidly if the distribution channels work
effectively. With effective and good working distribution
channels not only the customer satisfaction but also improvement
in the economy in the country can be achieved. In this
study “Customer Satisfaction in Pharmaceutical Distribution
Channels” is explained in accordance with the literature
and the survey applied. The purpose of this study was
to determine and analyze customer satisfaction in pharmaceutical
distribution channels. In this study, a 20-itemed questionnaire
was applied among 190 pharmacists in Ankara. In the evaluation
part of this study, SPSS (version 7.5) statistical package
program was used. At the end of the study, the following
results were obtained: 1- 80.5% of the pharmacists who
completed the survey stated that they can easily find
all medicines they demand, 66.3% could find it on time,
and 49.5% could obtain the products conveniently. 2-Within
the medicinal distribution channels 76.8% of the 190 pharmacists
had no problems regarding payment. Those who did have
problems stated that they mostly concerned conditions
of payment as required from the pharmaceutical distribution
channels to be inflexible and untimely. Sometimes the
difference in the maturity of a bill that is required,
is also a problem.
Keywords:
Pharmacy, Pharmacist, Medicine, Pharmaceutical distribution
channels, Customer satisfaction.
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