The management of the blood supply chain is considered of vital importance. The
unavailability of blood may cause deaths and complications for patients. Conversely …

This paper presents a structured review of the literature on quantitative modelling for the
blood product supply chain. This is a widely researched topic, dating back to the 1960s, and …

Managing inventories in the blood supply chain is a challenging task, mainly due to the
uncertain nature of the demand for blood units, the perishable nature of the blood, and a …

Recently, supply chain network design has been a demanding question and attracted great
interest in a wide range of fields, including the medical industry. The heart of the entire …

Supply and demand uncertainties combined with very short lifetime of blood platelets has
led to significant wastage of the total blood collected from the donors. Conversely, great …

BACKGROUND. Some countries have limited the maximum allowable storage duration for
red cells to 5 weeks before transfusion. In the US, red blood cells can be stored for up to 6 …

Although blood suppliers are seeing short-term reductions in blood demand as a result of
initiatives in patient blood management, modelling suggests that during the next 5–10 years …

The main objective when managing inventories in blood supply chains is to establish an
efficient balance between the wastage and shortage of blood units. The uncertain demand …

This paper studies the significance of inventory centralization at the second echelon of a two-
echelon supply chain with perishable items when the agents of the second echelon use an …

The demand uncertainty of blood platelet combined with its very short shelf life has led to a
significant wastage of the total platelets collected from donors. On the other hand, there is a …