A hybrid approach for integrated healthcare cooperative purchasing and supply chain configuration

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Nazaré Rego (Autor) FEUP; João Claro (Autor) FEUP; Jorge Pinho de Sousa (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Health Care Management Science

Vol. 17 Nº 4

Páginas: 303-320

ISSN: 1386-9620

Editora: Springer Nature

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 36 Citações

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 50 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia industrial ; Ciências Sociais > Economia > Estudos de gestão > Gestão industrial ; Ciências Sociais > Economia > Estudos de gestão > Gestão hospitalar

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-009-ZJZ

DOI: 10.1007/s10729-013-9262-y

Abstract (EN): This paper presents an innovative and flexible approach for recommending the number, size and composition of purchasing groups, for a set of hospitals willing to cooperate, while minimising their shared supply chain costs. This approach makes the financial impact of the various cooperation alternatives transparent to the group and the individual participants, opening way to a negotiation process concerning the allocation of the cooperation costs and gains. The approach was developed around a hybrid Variable Neighbourhood Search (VNS)/Tabu Search metaheuristic, resulting in a flexible tool that can be applied to purchasing groups with different characteristics, namely different operative and market circumstances, and to supply chains with different topologies and atypical cost characteristics. Preliminary computational results show the potential of the approach in solving a broad range of problems.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 18