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Blood Inventory Management in Hospitals: Considering the Uncertainty
of Supply, Demand and Blood Transshipment

Ahmadi, Ali | 2015

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 47758 (01)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Industrial Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Najafi, Mehdi
  7. Abstract:
  8. In recent years there is a growing trend in designing efficient health care systems. The applications of operations research have been instrumental in advancing this growing trend too. The blood management issue has raised concerns for human on the other hand. Blood is one of the vital commodities in the field of health. Despite significant advances in the field of medicine, a suitable replacement for this vital commodity has not been found yet. Collecting and managing the distribution of blood that is discussed in the blood supply chain management, requires careful planning and managing. In this research blood inventory management in hospitals considering the uncertainty of supply, demand and blood transshipment has been studied and two objectives for minimizing the shortage and wastage has been looked for.in Following, an integer programming model taking into account the different blood groups and substitution effects is developed to solve the model. Finally the application and results of the proposed model are shown along with a numerical example. The outputs of the proposed model can be used as a comprehensive plan for blood bank inventory management and determining the optimal order quantity with the aim of minimizing blood shortage and wastage
  9. Keywords:
  10. Inventory Management ; Uncertainty ; Integer Programming

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