Modeling inventory routing problem in supply chain of blood products
(2015) CIE45 — Location: metz (28.October.2015)
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- Authors
Meskens, Nadine 
- Abstract
- The optimization of the supply chain of blood products is a challenge for managers of blood banks who seek to ensure the right product in the right quantity at the right time. In this paper, we focus on the simultaneous optimization of the storage and distribution of blood products. We will address this problem by introducing two literature reviews, the first one is about the researches concerning the blood products inventory and distribution processes and the second one relates to various works dealing with IRP problems. After that we develop a mathematical model which describes several constraints related to our problem. With this work, we aim to determine for each period of the day, the routing to be performed by each vehicle as well as the quantities of products to be delivered in order to minimize costs for transport and storage without shortage. This study will focus on the Belgian supply chain.
- Affiliations
Louvain School of Management Operations and Information
Citations
Hssini, I., Meskens, N., & riane, f. (2015). Modeling inventory routing problem in supply chain of blood products. CIE45, metz. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/183739