Purpose The purpose of this study is to systematically review the existing literature on the
blood supply chain (BSC) from a network design perspective and highlight the research …

Healthcare Supply Chain Logistics is series of processes, workforce involved across
different teams and movement of medicines, surgical equipment, and other products as …

This work proposes a new integer linear programming model for tactical and operational
planning of the blood supply chain. A two-stage approach is developed with a first …

In this paper, we present a multitiered competitive supply chain network model for the blood
banking industry, with a focus on the United States, that captures the economic interactions …

The blood supply chain is a complex, integrated system, involving multiple echelons that
requires optimization to obtain optimal solutions. This study develops a mixed-integer linear …

In the paper, a novel mathematical model for blood supply chain network and a variant of
Genetic Algorithm for the problem are proposed. The proposed mathematical model is …

Blood Supply Chain (BSC) concerns with flow of blood products from blood collection by
donors to transfusion of blood components to patients. BSC comprises of collection, testing …

Blood supply chain network design is an approach is a context for management of blood
such that considers all of the main factors related to management of blood from donation to …

This paper discusses the development of an optimization model involving four echelons:
donor, blood center, blood mobile and hospital. The blood collection can be done at the …

In the context of Blood Supply Chain Management, blood supply chain network design is
one of the most pivotal planning problems. The stages of blood supply chain management …