Supply Chain Operation's Activitiesin healthcarecan be defined as the management of flow of consumables and services, which begins from the origin of consumable item and ends at the consumables' consumption. It also comprises movement and storage of consumables that are involved in work in process, inventory and fully furnished goods.

Question 1

These five activities in healthcare are Planning, Procurement, Inventory Management, Logistics and Distributions.

In one or two pages describe the journey that a piece of Gauze Bandage will go through within SC department starting from planning its demand till it been used by care giver to introduce patient care services, and then doing the necessary steps to charge it on patient bill.

Question2

• What are the Supply Chain Activities in Healthcare with brief definition of each one ( 3 lines for each one )?