Sustainable humanitarian operations: An integrated perspective

CJ Corbett, AJ Pedraza‐Martinez… - Production and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The immediate response to disasters, while well intended, sometimes causes avoidable
humanitarian challenges later on. Drinking water may be essential, but it is not necessary to …

The internet of medical things in healthcare management: a review

C Ejiyi, Z Qin, MB Ejiyi, GU Nneji… - Journal of Digital …, 2023 - ojs.luminescience.cn
The widespread adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies across various domains
has given rise to the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), which has significantly enhanced the …

Cluster-based lateral transshipments for the Zambian health supply chain

N Vanvuchelen, K De Boeck, RN Boute - European Journal of Operational …, 2024 - Elsevier
Many low-and middle-income countries, including Zambia, suffer from unreliable distribution
of health commodities leading to high variation in service levels across health facilities. Our …

Inventory management and TQM practices for better firm performance: a systematic and bibliometric review

PS Mahajan, RD Raut, PR Kumar, V Singh - The TQM Journal, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to quantify the trend of variables used for building a theoretical
model with the help of analysing bibliometrics data of inventory management (IM) and Total …

Toward Advancing Women's Health in Least Developed Countries: Evaluating Contraceptive Distribution Models in Senegal

A Karimi, A Mishra, KV Natarajan… - … & Service Operations …, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
Problem definition: Improving access to contraceptives is one of the most effective
interventions to prevent unintended pregnancies and save the lives of women in least …

Leapfrogging for Last-mile Delivery in Health Care: Drone Delivery for Blood Products in Rwanda

HH Jeon, C Lucarelli, JB Mazarati… - Available at SSRN …, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Last-mile delivery is one of the most challenging and costly facets of the supply chain. We
examine whether and the extent to which the adoption of a technological innovation …

A smart inventory management system with medication demand dependencies in a hospital supply chain: A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach

E Saha, P Rathore - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In light of the intense need for quality health and well-being, the healthcare industry must
improve its operations by strengthening its service delivery and reducing overall costs. A …

Site visit frequency policies for mobile family planning services

H De Vries, LE Swinkels… - Production and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Improving access to family planning services is key to achieving many of the United Nations
sustainable development goals. To scale up access in remote areas and urban slums, many …

A data-driven approach to improve artisans' productivity in distributed supply chains

D Singhvi, S Singhvi, X Zhang - … of the 25th ACM Conference on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Artisanal supply chains play a significant role in the economy and social sustainability of
many developing countries. The total value of the global artisanal and handicrafts market …

How much do customer ordering practices drive medical supplies distribution (in) efficiency for primary care markets?

J Shockley, JRW Merrick, X Liu… - Production and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Companies across many industries seek to understand how customer ordering impacts
supply chain distribution performance. In the US medical supplies industry, wholesalers are …