Abstract
We introduce a problem faced by the blood bank of the Austrian Red Cross for Eastern Austria: how to cost-effectively organize the delivery of blood products to Austrian hospitals? We investigate the potential value of switching from the current vendee-managed inventory set up to a vendor-managed inventory system. We present solution approaches based on integer programming and variable neighborhood search and evaluate their performance.
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Seiten (von - bis) | 707 - 725 |
Fachzeitschrift | OR Spectrum |
Jahrgang | 31 |
Ausgabenummer | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 1 Dez. 2009 |