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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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  • Christine Di Martinelly

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Nadine Meskens

    (UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain)

  • Fouad Riane

    (Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Imane Hssini

    (Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées d'Oujda)

Abstract

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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  • Christine Di Martinelly & Nadine Meskens & Fouad Riane & Imane Hssini, 2021. "Inventory Routing Problem with Transshipment and Substitution for Blood Products Using the Case of the Belgian Blood Distribution," Post-Print hal-03610607, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03610607
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-85914-5_10
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