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Inventory Routing Problem with Transshipment and Substitution for Blood Products Using the Case of the Belgian Blood Distribution

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In this paper, we deal with a blood supply chain management problem. We focus in particular on blood distribution routes design and optimization. Blood is a scarce and perishable product, made of multiple components, each with specific compatibility rules. We would like to investigate the impact of com-patible products substitution and transshipment between hospitals on blood de-mand satisfaction. We use the case of the blood supply chain in Belgium as an application. We model the case as an Inventory Routing Problem with transship-ment and substitution for perishable products in a capacity constrained environ-ment. We implement the model and conduct experimentations to evaluate the contribution of both transshipment and substitution with regards to shortages and distribution and inventory costs reduction. In a capacity constrained environ-ment, at equivalent cost, mismatching/substitution is preferred to transshipment to satisfy the demand and avoid backorders.
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hal-03610607 , version 1 (16-03-2022)

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Christine Di Martinelly, Nadine Meskens, Fouad Riane, Imane Hssini. Inventory Routing Problem with Transshipment and Substitution for Blood Products Using the Case of the Belgian Blood Distribution. IFIP International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS), Sep 2021, Nantes, France. pp.87-96, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-85914-5_10⟩. ⟨hal-03610607⟩
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