Emergency order allocation of e-medical supplies due to the disruptive events of the healthcare crisis

IF 10.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113398

Sachin Kumar Mangla , Ankur Chauhan , Tanmoy Kundu , Abbas Mardani

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Abstract

The availability of electronic (e-medical) homecare essentials, such as thermometers, oximeters, and oxygen concentrators during the peaks of the pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has been witnessed as critical in saving the lives of people across the world. This paper presents a supply order allocation strategy of e-medical homecare essentials (HCEs) in a multi-supplier environment by a distributor while ensuring sufficient and timely availability for emergency consumption during pandemic peaks. The results, based on the actual demand data of HCEs obtained from a regional HCE distributor during the pandemic peak of the second wave in India, i.e. April-May 2021, suggest that a minimum (maximum) average of 94% (98%) availability of e-medical HCEs respectively at pharmacies could be achieved during the peak demand period using the proposed emergency order allocation algorithm in this study. Conclusively, the analysis of this study could generate insightful implications for emergency operations decisions in the HCEs supply-distribution channel.

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由于医疗危机的破坏性事件，电子医疗用品的紧急订单分配

在大流行性冠状病毒疾病（新冠肺炎）高峰期，温度计、血氧计和氧气浓缩器等电子（电子医疗）家庭护理必需品的可用性被视为拯救世界各地人民生命的关键。本文提出了一种由分销商在多供应商环境中提供电子医疗家庭护理必需品（HCE）的供应订单分配策略，同时确保在疫情高峰期间有足够和及时的紧急消费。该结果基于在印度第二波疫情高峰期间，即2021年4月至5月，从地区HCE分销商获得的HCE的实际需求数据，表明在需求高峰期，使用本研究中提出的紧急订单分配算法可以实现药店电子医疗HCE的最小（最大）平均可用性分别为94%（98%）。总之，本研究的分析可能会对HCE供应分配渠道的应急行动决策产生深刻的影响。

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Journal of Business Research BUSINESS-

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20.30

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10.60%

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956

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