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Authors: John Blake 1 and Ken McTaggart 2

Affiliations: 1 Dalhousie University and Canadian Blood Services, Canada ; 2 Canadian Blood Services, Canada

Keyword(s): Blood Supply Chain, Facilities Location, Transportation and Logistics, Simulation Modelling.

Abstract: Since 2010, Canadian Blood Services has been modernizing its facility infrastructure. Current plans call for the amalgamation of production sites in the Prairie region by 2019. Under this plan existing production centres in Alberta and Saskatchewan will be consolidated into a single site in Calgary. Because of the potential impact to the distribution network, a simulation model of the logistics network was constructed in Visual Basic.Net, using an established simulation framework. Experiments were conducted to estimate the robustness of the network under varying assumptions for delivery interruptions and inventory reserves. Results suggest that, given reasonable assumptions on road network reliability, product demand, and inventory staging, either no, or very modest, changes to product wastage and product reliability should be expected after facility. This work demonstrates the application of a generic simulation modelling framework to resolve important policy questions.

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Paper citation in several formats:
Blake, J. and McTaggart, K. (2016). Using Simulation for Strategic Blood Supply Chain Design in the Canadian Prairies. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - SIMULTECH; ISBN 978-989-758-199-1; ISSN 2184-2841, SciTePress, pages 345-352. DOI: 10.5220/0006041703450352

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TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - SIMULTECH
TI - Using Simulation for Strategic Blood Supply Chain Design in the Canadian Prairies
SN - 978-989-758-199-1
IS - 2184-2841
AU - Blake, J.
AU - McTaggart, K.
PY - 2016
SP - 345
EP - 352
DO - 10.5220/0006041703450352
PB - SciTePress