Blood Bank Inventory Control with Transshipments and Substitutions

J. Christian Lang ()
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J. Christian Lang: Technische Universität Darmstadt

Chapter Chapter 8 in Production and Inventory Management with Substitutions, 2010, pp 205-226 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this section, we focus on the combination of two flexibility instruments (also see Chap. 1) that are available for the control of multi-location multi-product inventory systems: Lateral stock transshipments Product substitutions As mentioned in Sect. 2.3, the reasons for performing transshipments and substitutions (see Chap. 1) are often similar. They are summarized in Table 8.1 Both transshipments and substitutions can be differentiated into two types: preventive and reactive. Preventive (also: proactive, planned) transshipments are performed before a stock-out actually occurs, whereas reactive (also: emergency) transshipments are initiated after the location has run out of stock for a product (Herer et al., 2006). The latter require that the transshipment lead time is short enough to be able to fulfill the demand. Preventive substitution means that we start using substitutes before a stock-out of the requested product occurs, e.g., to reserve some stocks for high-priority demand. Reactive substitutions are performed if the requested product is already out of stock. These aspects are summarized in Table 8.2.

Keywords: Blood Group; Search Direction; Blood Bank; Small Hospital; Empty Container (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04247-8_8

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