Research Article
Stochastic Inventory Model for Minimizing Blood Shortage and Outdating in a Blood Supply Chain under Supply and Demand Uncertainty
Table 1
Input parameters for the base case setting.
| Input parameter | Values |
| Total days over time horizon | 300 | Total number of scenarios | 100 |
| Hospitals/blood center | Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | Blood center |
| Lead time (days) | 1 | 2 | 5 | Review period (days) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Fixed cost of procurement per shipment | 113 | 225 | 1125 | Inventory holding cost per unit per day | 130 | 130 | 108 | Variable purchasing cost per unit ($) | 650 | 650 | 538 | Shortage cost per unit ($) | 3250 | 3250 | 2690 | Outdating cost per unit ($) | 650 | 650 | 538 | Platelet demand/supply distribution | | | |
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