STRATEGIC GUIDELINES FOR SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION IN HEALTHCARE ANDA MATHEMATICAL MODEL AS A PROPOSED MECHANISM FOR THEMEASUREMENT OF COORDINATION EFFECTS

摘要

Supply chain (SC) management implies a large number of interactions and a great deal of cooperation between the organizations that make up thesupply chain in order to fulfill the purposes of logistics processes such as supply, distribution and warehousing. Much research has been carried outto illustrate the advantages of coordinating these processes at different stages of supply chain planning. However, these studies appear to be separateefforts. This study proposes methodological guidelines for the coordinated planning of the supply chain in the context of the healthcare services,considering the global benefits to its members by using primary information collected at several health service institutions. The proposal also includesa mixed-integer programming model to show how organizational coordination contributes to a reduction of the overall costs throughout the chain.