Evaluating the level and impact of using TPLS in supply chain

The have been recently many variations imposed on logistic and supply chain caused by changes in global business conditions. Attempting to survive, organizations have pondered how to expose their logistic activities. In fact, organizations seek various options to expose their logictic including the companies improving third party logistic (TPL) which is used in supply chain Examining TPL effect on supply chain Management (SCM), the present research has been conducted through correlation and regression in pharmacies of Isfahani hospital. The research population includes 115 pharmacy staff in 20 hospitals of Isfahan, and also sample covers 79 ones, selected y using formula n with error 0.05. The data was collected by using 2 questionnaires designed by the researcher: the first was based on TPL principles, and the second was according to SCM indices, confirmed by the scholars. Moreover, consistency of the first and second questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.82 & 0.86 respectively. The findings reveal that there is a meangful association between TPL and SCM indices, including balance management, transportation, consumerism, purchase and provision, and effectiveness of pharmacies' supply chain management will increase if TPL is implemented appropriately.

TPL, Supply chain Management (SCM), provision, medicine store