JUST IN TIME PROCUREMENT AND 
           INVENTORY MANAGEMENT FOR A 
                       HOSPITAL 
                             
                       
                             
           
                              
                              
            JUST IN TIME PROCUREMENT AND 
            INVENTORY MANAGEMENT FOR A 
                        HOSPITAL 
                              
                            By  
                              
                   MOSTAFA ABDI, B.Sc., M.Sc. 
           
                           A Thesis  
                 Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies  
                  in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements  
                         for the Degree  
                        Master of Science 
                              
                       McMaster University  
                 © Copyright by Mostafa Abdi, August 2014 
           
           
                              
           
                   
                  MASTER OF SCIENCE (2014)                     McMaster University 
                  DeGroote School of Business                  Hamilton, Ontario 
                  eHealth Program 
                   
                   
                  TITLE: Just in Time Procurement and Inventory Management for a  
                           Hospital 
                   
                   
                  AUTHOR: Mostafa Abdi, B.SC (Yazd University), M.Sc. (McMaster   
                             University) 
                                                     
                  SUPERVISOR: Dr. Elkafi Hassini 
                   
                  NUMBER OF PAGES: ix, 86 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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             Table of Contents 
              
             Abstract ………………………………………………………………..…..vi 
             Acknowledgments….…………………………………………………..…vii 
             List of Figures ……………………………………………………………viii 
             List of Tables ……………………………………………………………...ix 
             Chapter 1   Introduction …………………………………………….….…1 
             1.1  Motivations ………………………………………………………….….1 
             1.2  Hospital Supply Chain Systems ……………………………………..….4 
             Chapter 2   Literature Review …………………………………………....8 
             2.1 Optimization Models...…………………………………………………..8 
             2.2  Heuristic Models ………………………………………………………14 
             Chapter 3   Current State Review …………………………………….....19 
             3.1  Background on Hospital …………………………………………….....19 
             3.2  Logistics and Purchasing Current State ……………………………….20 
             3.3  Logistics and Purchasing Performance Measurement ………………...24 
             3.4  Logistics and Purchasing Practice Under Just in Time ………….…….29 
             Chapter 4   Model and Analysis ……………………………………....…33 
             4.1  Dialysis Clinic – Pre-analysis …………………….…………………...33 
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