Collaborative Proposal: CELDi/CHMR TIE Project Strategic Inventory Alliances in the Health Care Value Chain

该项目将通过两个非常成功的工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）之间的TIE项目提供医疗保健物流建模和分析领域的研究。 阿肯色州大学的工程物流与配送中心是一个多校区的I/UCRC，专门从事物流研究。 健康管理研究中心也是一个多校区的I/UCRC，在华盛顿大学有一个专门从事医疗保健研究的领导机构。 这些中心的研究重点提供了一个独特的机会来研究与医疗保健供应链相关的问题。 医疗保健价值链包括药品和医疗器械等医疗产品的生产商，这些产品的购买者，如批发商和团体采购组织，包括医院，医生和药房在内的供应商，财政中介机构，最后是付款人。 每个医疗保健价值链可能具有不同的结构，因此，不同的战略管理问题，成本和绩效能力。

This project will provide research in the area of health care logistics modeling and analysis through a TIE project between two highly successful Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC). The Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution at the University of Arkansas is a multi-campus I/UCRC specializing in logistics research. The Center for Health Management Research is also a multi-campus I/UCRC with a lead institution at the University of Washington specializing in health care research. The research foci of these centers present a unique opportunity to examine issues related to the health care supply chain. The health care value chain consists of the producers of medical products such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices, the purchasers of these products such as wholesalers and group purchasing organizations, the providers including hospitals, physicians, and pharmacies, the fiscal intermediaries, and finally the payers. Each health care value chain may have a different structure, and therefore, different strategic management issues, costs and performance abilities.