Inventory Management of Platelets in Hospitals: Optimal Inventory Policy for Perishable Products with Regular and Optional Expedited Replenishments

Platelets are short-life blood components used in hospital blood transfusion centers. Excluding time for transportation, testing, and arrangement, clinically transfusable platelets have a mere three-day life span. This paper analyzes a periodic review inventory system for such a perishable product u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Manufacturing & service operations management 2011-10, Vol.13 (4), p.420-438
Hauptverfasser:	Zhou, Deming, Leung, Lawrence C, Pierskalla, William P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Blood platelets dual sourcing Evaluation Hospitals Inventory Inventory management Management Management techniques Medical law perishable inventory management stochastic dynamic programming Studies United States
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