A tailored aggregation strategy for inventory pooling in healthcare: evidence from an emerging market

• Published in: Operations management research Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 209 - 226
• Main Authors: El Mokrini, Asmae, Aouam, Tarik, Kafa, Nadine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.03.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agglomeration; Allocations; Budgets; Business and Management; Case studies; Constraint modelling; Cost control; Costs; Emerging markets; Engineering Economics; Epidemics; Health care facilities; Health care industry; Hospitals; Humanities and Social Sciences; Industrial and Production Engineering; Innovation/Technology Management; Inventory management; Logistics; Management; Marketing; Mixed integer; Operations Management; Operations research; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Organization; Pharmaceuticals; Population density; Quadratic programming; Safety stocks; Supply chains; Urbanization; Morocco; Inventory pooling; Healthcare supply chain; Emerging market; Safety stocks; Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical consumption in hospitals and healthcare centers is characterized by demand uncertainty, particularly during unusual events, e.g., pandemics and other crises. Unlike other industries, healthcare management has been slow in implementing effective business logistics concepts, e.g., inven...