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Table 5 Top 20 risks of supply management function

From: Pharmaceutical supply chain risk assessment in Iran using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and simple additive weighting (SAW) methods

Rank

Risks

Weight

Rank

Risks

Weight

1

Money transfer

1.0000

11

Information flow

0.5289

2

Sanctions

0.8682

12

Inflation rate

0.5246

3

Currency fluctuation

0.7035

13

Commercial regulation

0.5170

4

Cash flow

0.6399

14

Limited suppliers

0.5125

5

Ordering cycle time

0.6275

15

MOH policy fluctuation

0.4743

6

Unstable policies

0.6145

16

Banking regulation

0.4601

7

Interest rate

0.6129

17

Biased interpretation of regulations

0.4317

8

Regulation transparency

0.5799

18

Customs regulations

0.4237

9

Material cost

0.5660

19

Supplier commitments

0.4047

10

Suppliers conditions

0.5371

20

Medicine regulations

0.4011