[HTML][HTML] A two-stage decision-support approach for improving sustainable last-mile cold chain logistics operations of COVID-19 vaccines

EA Andoh, H Yu - Annals of Operations Research, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a global health and humanitarian crisis that
catastrophically affects many industries. To control the disease spread and restore normal …

[HTML][HTML] A simulation-based analysis for effective distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: A case study in Norway

X Sun, EA Andoh, H Yu - Transportation Research Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since December 2020, the vaccines from several manufacturers, eg, Pfizer/BioNTech,
Moderna, etc., have been approved for mass vaccination to control the COVID-19 pandemic …

A multi-echelon dynamic cold chain for managing vaccine distribution

VK Manupati, T Schoenherr, N Subramanian… - … Research Part E …, 2021 - Elsevier
While cold chain management has been part of healthcare systems, enabling the efficient
administration of vaccines in both urban and rural areas, the COVID-19 virus has created …

Optimal distribution and waste management of Covid-19 vaccines from vaccination centers' satisfaction perspective–A fuzzy time window-based VRP

A Maleki, V Hemmati, SR Abazari, A Aghsami… - … Research Part E …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the unforeseen outcomes of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the adoption of
essential policies and tactics to implement public vaccination programs has gained attention …

Optimizing the COVID-19 cold chain vaccine distribution network with medical waste management: A robust optimization approach

EE Işık, ST Yildiz - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the distribution problem of the COVID-19 vaccine at the provincial
level in Turkey and the management of medical waste, considering the cold chain …

[HTML][HTML] A humanitarian cold supply chain distribution model with equity consideration: The case of COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the European Union

V Khodaee, V Kayvanfar, A Haji - Decision Analytics Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
This research develops a humanitarian cold supply chain model with equity consideration
for COVID-19 vaccine distribution during a pandemic, considering deprivation cost and an …

Resilient and sustainable global COVID-19 vaccine supply chain design considering reverse logistics

E Torshizi, A Bozorgi-Amiri, F Sabouhi - Applied Soft Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposes a multi-mode, multi-product, and multi-objective optimization model to
design a resilient and sustainable global COVID-19 vaccine supply chain network under …

Designing a sustainable reverse supply chain network for COVID-19 vaccine waste under uncertainty

EA Bani, A Fallahi, M Varmazyar, M Fathi - Computers & Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
The vast nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programs are implemented in many countries
worldwide. Mass vaccination is causing a rapid increase in infectious and non-infectious …

A new vaccine supply chain network under COVID-19 conditions considering system dynamic: Artificial intelligence algorithms

MA Kamran, R Kia, F Goodarzian, P Ghasemi - Socio-Economic Planning …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the discovery of the COVID-19 vaccine, what has always been worrying the decision-
makers is related to the distribution management, the vaccination centers' location, and the …

Optimization modeling for pandemic vaccine supply chain management: A review and future research opportunities

S Dey, AK Kurbanzade, ES Gel… - Naval Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
During various stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic, countries implemented diverse vaccine
management approaches, influenced by variations in infrastructure and socio‐economic …