The management and supply of blood are critical yet considered a challenging exercise
within the healthcare industry. The inventory managers within the sector concerned with …

The blood supply chain stands out as a crucial component within a healthcare system, which
can significantly improve efficiency and save the health system's costs. This paper presents …

This paper gives an overview of five decades of operational research applied to healthcare,
structured along nine key application domains: personnel scheduling, blood supply chain …

Blood and blood banks play an essential role in patient care. This study proposes a novel
mathematical model for Blood Supply Chains (BSCs), which minimizes the total costs and …

This paper presents a two-stage hybrid robust programming model that integrates multiple
blood products scheduling and multiple casualty types evacuation under facility disruptions …

Annually, different regions of the world are affected by natural disasters such as floods and
earthquakes, resulting in significant loss of lives and financial resources. These events …

Purpose Blood availability is critical for saving lives in various healthcare services. Ensuring
blood availability can only be achieved through efficient management of the blood supply …

This paper presents a multi-stage stochastic optimization model to minimize total cost under
centralized control for a multi-echelon platelet supply chain which takes into account …

Uncertainty in blood supply and demand has proven to be a massive barrier to develo**
an efficient blood supply chain system. Recent literature has observed blood units' profligacy …

The COVID-19 pandemic causes a severe threat to human lives worldwide. Convalescent
plasma as supportive care for COVID-19 is critical in reducing the death rate and staying in …