Blood platelets are precious, as voluntarily supplied by donors, and highly perishable, with
limited lifetimes of 5–7 days. Demand is highly variable and uncertain. A practical production …

A simulation optimization framework is proposed for supply chain inventory management of
highly perishable products. A new replenishment policy based on old inventory ratio is …

Current platelet concentrates are perishable blood products with short shelf lives. Combined
with often unpredictable demand, this results in platelet inventory management problems …

This case study is concerned with analysing policies for managing the blood inventory
system in a typical UK hospital supplied by a regional blood centre. The objective of the …

This paper presents an integrated platelet supply chain where demand is age-differentiated
according to the type of patient. At first, considering the apheresis method and traditional …

BACKGROUND: The challenge of production and inventory management for blood platelets
(PLTs) is the requirement to meet highly uncertain demands. Shortages are to be minimized …

The production and inventory management of blood products at blood banks and hospitals
is a problem of general human interest. As a shortage may put lives at risk, shortages are to …

Platelet supply chain (PLT SC) management is always a challenging task for healthcare
systems due to the nature of platelets (PLTs). PLTs have an extremely short shelf life and …

Demand uncertainty coupled with a short shelf life of blood platelets has led to a significant
wastage at hospitals. An important objective is to minimize wastage of platelets while …

This paper introduces a workable model for the establishment of an inventory bank holding
perishable blood platelets with a short shelf life. The model considers a blood platelet bank …