Age-based policy for blood transshipment during blood shortage

作者：Wang, Ke Ming; Ma, Zu Jun^*

来源：Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review , 2015, 80: 166-183.

DOI：10.1016/j.tre.2015.05.007

• Blood shortage
• Blood transshipment
• Perishable product
• Age-based policy
• Inventory structure

This paper introduces the properties of inventory structure for both rescue and affected banks during blood shortage. An age-based transshipment model is developed, with two preference selection methods for transshipping blood units being presented. Compared to quantity-based policy, the age-based policy under first-in-first-transship is recommended as it can reduce the expired rate more efficiently. Under simulation operating scenarios with time-varying demand and supply, we analyzed the sensitivity of parameters, which include expected supply period, shelf life and blood shortage period. Additionally, this study reveals that the transshipment decision will increase the expired ratio and the overstock ratio after blood shortage.

• 出版日期2015-8
• 单位西南交通大学