Applying Simulation Optimization to Minimize Drug Inventory Costs: A Study of a Case Outpatient Pharmacy

Applying Simulation Optimization to Minimize Drug Inventory Costs: A Study of a Case Outpatient Pharmacy

Drug inventory management is an important part of hospital management. The large amounts of drug data in hospitals bring challenges to optimizing the setting values for the safety stock and the maximum inventory of each drug. This study combined a two-stage clustering method with an inventory policy...

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Main Authors: Chia-Nan Chen, Chin-Hui Lai, Guan-Wei Lu, Ching-Chun Huang, Le-Jean Wu, Hui-Chuan Lin, Ping-Shun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Healthcare
Subjects:
inventory simulation
simulation optimization
inventory policy
two-stage clustering model
outpatient pharmacy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/3/556

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