Propuesta para la implementación de reutilización de geles refrigerantes para almacenamiento y transporte de medicamentos en Audifarma S.A

Abstract

In this purpose of work is presented the panorama of Audifarma S.A with the final disposal of the refrigerant gels used in the cold chain dispatches, where they are necessary to maintain the properties of the drugs that are transported in conjunction with the icopor refrigerators from the main wineries in Bogotá and Pereira to the entire national territory, which once they reach their final destination (attention pharmaceuticals centers), these are thrown away the trash. These gels have a harmful environmental impact for the ecological footprint both for the factor of air, soil and seas, it is verified what would be the reduction of pollution in terms of greenhouse gas emission by performing a reverse logistics process when returning the gels to distribution centers , looking for the most agile and safe way for the conservation of the cold chain and the non-generation of non-compliant products, which pose a risk to the operation in terms of costs for losses, without leaving behind sustainability within the new operation, taking into account that at present this is a key factor within the framework of green logistics and implementation in companies in Latin America being this is a condition for you application. The methodology used in the development of this proposal is the adoption of one of the tools of the most used quality in most projects for the effectiveness of its use such as the principle of pareto or diagram 80-20, for this specific project it will be useful to know in which geographical points are located the pharmaceutical care centers with the highest concentration of refrigerant gels and thus make the best decision at the time of generating the collection route for the gels, with the use of georeferencing of the geographical points of the care centers to have real distances. Finally, environmental impact measurement tools such as the Carbon Footprint are presented to measure the impact of pollution reduction generated by the reuse of refrigerant gels and additionally determine the reduction of costs generated by the savings in purchases of refrigerant gels.