Recently, there has been a great interest in applying logistics and supply chain
management practice and strategy in healthcare services. This paper proposes a strategy …

The increasing rate of hospital admissions has resulted in a commensurate increase in the
number of treatments and surgeries performed, as well as resource and material usage, and …

Purpose–The purpose of the present research is to explore the current situation and future
expectations on whether to self‐manage or outsource logistics operations in centralized …

Hospital logistics is viewed as a vital part of a hospital that is in charge of purchasing,
receiving, stock management, etc. It accounts up to 46% of hospital budget, which is …

Background: With the rapid development of health services, the progress of medical science
and technology, and the improvement of materials research, the consumption of medical …

本文旨在分析SPD 模式下医院医用耗材运营模式, 评价其实施效果. 本文以山东省德州市人民
医院为例进行案例分析, 运用专家访谈法, 对德州市人民医院2 名护士长, 器械科2 名员工和SPD …

Background: We aimed to apply collaborative business intelligence (BI) system to hospital
supply, processing and distribution (SPD) logistics management model. Methods: We …

Performance measurement or benchmarking in healthcare logistics requires right
components and meaningful key performance indicators (KPIs), but having them is very …

The fast flow of goods into hospitals is often stalled by the external–internal supply chain
interface (ie the receipts department). This issue is particularly pertinent regarding the …

The lack of separation between urgent and non-urgent medical goods encourages sub-
optimal vehicle fleet operations owing to the time critical nature of urgent items. An …