Revolutionizing blood bank inventory management using the TOC thinking process: An Indian case study

• Published in: International journal of production economics Vol. 186; pp. 89 - 122
• Main Authors: Lowalekar, Harshal, Ravi, R. Raghavendra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Blood banks; Inventory management; Theory of Constraints (TOC); Thinking Process; Inventory management; Thinking Process; Theory of Constraints (TOC); Blood banks

The purpose of this research is to demonstrate an application of TOC's thinking process (TP) in a blood bank environment. We take an example of a real-life blood bank which is struggling with the problems of high shortage and wastage of blood products, large inventory levels, poor and erratic b...