Improving the inventory levels of a blood supply chain through system dynamic simulation

• Main Authors: Afshar, Jafar, Sadeghiamirshahidi, Narjes, Firouzi, Ali Reza, Zahraee, Seyed Mojib, Syed Hassan, Syed Ahmad Helmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2014
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53122/1/JafarAfshar2014_Improvingtheinventorylevels.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53122/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v69.3229

The blood supply chain is a complex system with a multi-echelon structure. Hence, the integration of various interconnected elements, which should be synchronized appropriately, is a necessity to meet the patients' requirements. The performance of the blood supply chain is a function of differe...