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Platelets are critical blood products. The management of platelet inventory is particularly challenging due to its perishable nature with a short shelf-life. Motivated by a platelet inventory management problem at a two-location hospital system, we study how the wastage of platelets, and more...

The nature of healthcare products may add to the level of complexity of their supply chain management. The vital role of efficient management of the supply chain of blood and blood products lies in its capability to facilitate the flow of blood and information along the chain in the presence of...

The nature of healthcare products may add to the level of complexity of their supply chain management. The vital role of efficient management of the supply chain of blood and blood products lies in its capability to facilitate the flow of blood and information along the chain in the presence of...

In this paper, we present a multi-tiered competitive supply chain network model for the blood banking industry, with a focus on the United States, that captures the economic interactions between three tiers of stakeholders; namely, the blood service organizations, the hospitals or medical...

In this paper, we develop a sustainable network design/redesign model for the complex supply chain of human blood, which is a valuable yet highly perishable product. Specifically, we consider the optimal design (or redesign) of a blood banking system consisting of collection sites, blood...