The effect of supply chain risks management practices on operational performance of pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Analytical cross-sectional study

Demand and supply side risks affected the supply chain performance of the manufacturing companies. Furthermore, the increasing costs of freight, shortage of foreign currency, lack of logistics expertise and organized risk mitigation team were the main bottleneck for pharmaceutical manufacturing company's performance. The study result suggests demand and supply side risks, increasing costs of freight; shortage foreign currency exchange rate and lack of logistics expertise in companies should be given attention by stakeholders to improve operational performance. Furthermore, understanding these risk factors can improve the operational performance of the pharmaceutical industry by influencing policy and industry practices in the larger framework of global supply chain risk management not only one country.