Supply Chain Management
- Quality assurance and stable supply of products and services
- Ethics, compliance and risk management
Basic Approach
Solving social issues in collaboration with business partners
Advances in technology, changing social structures, rising expectations and requests of pharmaceutical companies, and other trends will make the role of supply chains increasingly important. To maintain quality and stable supplies, Chugai will continue to focus on optimizing purchasing activities and building sound relationships with business partners. In addition, to solve social issues in cooperation with business partners, Chugai is working to improve its supply chain management by conducting comprehensive supplier assessments that include elements such as the natural environment, work environment and human rights.
Initiatives
Establishing a comprehensive supplier evaluation system
Cooperation with suppliers is becoming imperative for companies in their efforts to solve social issues such as increasing poverty and inequality, environmental problems, and deteriorating labor conditions.
In this context, Chugai reexamined how it should cooperate with suppliers to respond to the changes and needs of society, and is working to build a system for comprehensive assessment of suppliers.
Emergency Response
In terms of emergency response, we have established a business continuity plan (BCP) to ensure that important operations are not interrupted in the event of a large-scale disaster, and that in the event that an interruption does occur, operations are restored within a permissible time frame. We also have plans to ensure a stable supply of medicines to the greatest extent possible in preparation for the outbreak and spread of new strains of influenza or other illnesses.
