Uncertainty is becoming a constant throughout the global supply chain as reliability of suppliers and fluctuations in demand are increasingly prevalent worries for companies today. To account for this uncertainty, it is vital to implement mitigation strategies, such as purchasing and exercising...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework to evaluate and assess the performance of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process that is sensitive to the unique supply-side and demand-side constraints exhibited in the US vaccine rollout. Design/methodology/approach A queuing...