Designing the blood supply chain: how much, how and where?

Osorio, Andres F.; Brailsford, Sally C.; Smith, Honora; Blake, John T.

doi:10.1111/vox.12706

Cited by 39 publications

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“…Additionally, the capacity and holding costs are taken into consideration at both the blood centre and at the hospital. Osorio et al (2018) developed a mathematical model to optimise the blood supply chain based on the location-allocation problem. Their model finds the optimal location for collection and production facilities and assigns demand zones, with the objective of overall cost minimisation of the system.…”

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Blood supply chain: a two-stage approach for tactical and operational planning

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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 aggregated stage to establish tactical planning decisions and a second disaggregated stage for the operational level. The model considers multi-products, multiperiods and perishability in a large planning horizon. Inventory levels as well as waste of whole blood and blood-derived products are also modelled. A purchase flow is introduced to handle situations of not enough collection to satisfy demand. The objective is cost minimisation whilst reducing waste and dependence on other regions through purchase. A case study of the South Region of Portugal is explored, demonstrating the possibility of decreased dependency and waste by adjusting allocation of facilities and allowing a more even distribution of activities between processing centres. This is the first study of the kind ever conducted on the Portuguese blood supply chain.

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Blood supply chain: a two-stage approach for tactical and operational planning

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“…Several articles in this category either focus on relocating or establishing a new facility such as a blood centre or stock holding unit [10,16,29,44], whilst the comparison of effectiveness of mobile and fixed clinics is also considered [3]. Centralisation of a regional blood service is discussed in the literature, with various levels of centralisation considered and analysed by Osorio et al [39].…”

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Modeling of the collections process in the blood supply chain: A literature review

Williams

Harper

Gärtner

2020

IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering

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Human blood is a scarce resource and its role in healthcare is fundamental, with donated blood saving the lives of many on a daily basis. The blood supply chain is responsible for the transfer of blood from donor to the recipient, but the availability of such an invaluable resource as human blood is ultimately attributable to the many voluntary donors. Thus, the efficiency of the collection of donated blood is crucial to the downstream effectiveness of the blood supply chain.We provide a detailed review on the use of quantitative methods for the process of blood collection from donors. We describe the functional areas which are appointment scheduling, collection policy, crisis situation, donor demographics, location/clinic planning, staff utilisation and vehicle routing. Furthermore, we analyse the existing literature with regards to methods, modelling objectives and the planning levels such as strategic, tactical and operational. Finally, we break down the articles into whether or not case studies lead to the implementation of the methods in practice. In total, we review 46 relevant publications on the intersection between OR/MS and other disciplines. We use our presented framework to categorise the existing approaches and highlight gaps such as scheduling of both staff and appointments for blood donation clinics.

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“…Table 1 Reviewed 1966A. Osorio et al (2018) developed a generic model for finding an optimal configuration of a BSC network. Trans.…”

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“…They considered apheresis as an efficient method for extracting blood platelets. Osorio et al (2018) developed a generic model for finding an optimal configuration of a BSC network. The number of required apheresis equipment was considered as a decision variable in their proposed model.…”

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A mixed resilient‐efficient approach toward blood supply chain network design

Haeri

Hosseini‐Motlagh

Samani

et al. 2019

Int Trans Operational Res

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Unlike its inherent beneficial attributes, the blood supply chain is very complex due to its uncertain nature and irregular donation besides a high vulnerability to disruptions. In this regard, this study provides a multi‐objective integrated resilient‐efficient model to design a blood supply chain network under uncertainty. To evaluate the efficiency, an augmented form of the data envelopment analysis model is incorporated into the extended model. On the other hand, to improve supply chain resilience, different resiliency measures as optimization tools are introduced and inserted into the considered network. As blood donors have a main role in the blood supply chain, this paper undertakes motivational social aspects to stimulate blood donation for reducing possible shortages. Furthermore, to handle the multi‐objective problem, an interactive fuzzy approach is utilized. Finally, to indicate the applicability of the extended model and its solution approaches, a case study is provided considering realistic data. The results revealed that simultaneously considering all three measures of efficiency, resilience, and cost can assist in improvement of blood supply chain network design and a trade‐off among these three measures can be set by decision maker's preferences.

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Designing the blood supply chain: how much, how and where?

Cited by 39 publications

References 21 publications

Blood supply chain: a two-stage approach for tactical and operational planning

Blood supply chain: a two-stage approach for tactical and operational planning

Modeling of the collections process in the blood supply chain: A literature review

A mixed resilient‐efficient approach toward blood supply chain network design

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