Optimization of Blood Supply Chain

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Jafari, Ali | 2016

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 48024 (01)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Industrial Engineering
Advisor(s): Kianfar, Farhad
Abstract:
Blood is a perishable product and can only be stored for a limited time. Reducing the level of wastage and shortage in supply chain of blood products is the main challenge of supply chain management. Wastage occurs whenever hospitals and blood banks order excessive blood while ordering insufficient amount results in shortage. Wastage can increase the costs in supply chain while shortage can cause important operation to be cancelled.This thesis presents an integer programming model for improving blood related operations in hospitals and blood banks. The presented model determines optimal order levels for each period which minimize total cost, shortage and wastage levels. The model is formulated for centralized hospital network in which, a regional blood center monitors and controls inventory levels of all hospitals. The model can be used in regional blood centers to determine how much blood should be allocated to each hospital in the network. The model is solved by GAMS and sensitivity analysis is performed on key parameters
Keywords:
Optimization ; Integer Programming ; Inventory Control ; Blood Supply Chain

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