Covid-19 healthcare supply chain innovations with NSHA: decision-making for agility and responsiveness

NSHA 的 Covid-19 医疗保健供应链创新：敏捷性和响应能力的决策

• 批准号: 550319-2020
• 负责人: Diallo, Claver
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=701584
• 关键词: Covid; 19; healthcare; supply; chain

The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly stressed healthcare systems and their supply chains in Canada and around the world. Measures have been taken to reduce contamination and slow the spread of the disease until effective treatments and vaccines can be found. These physical distancing measures have reduced production and distribution capacities for critical medical and protective goods such as ventilators, personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizers. Massive quantities of these products must be distributed from sourcing points (airports, ports and strategic reserves) to hospitals and nursing homes through a complex network comprised of provincial, regional and local health authorities, warehouses and depots. Health providers are responding with major changes to their supply chain. These changes include adding new COVID-19 related equipment and supply SKUs, streamlining the distribution of materials and equipment, accepting and managing donated supplies, adding facilities and vehicles to distribution fleets, and a variety of other measures. Due to the rapidly changing current hospital environment and needs, these changes are occurring at unprecedented speed. Best practices, experience, and ad-hoc decision-making is being used to ensure, as much as possible, a seamless integration of these changes. There is an opportunity for researchers to support this process through expert advising and quantitative modelling of the supply chain to ensure agility and responsiveness. Agility and responsiveness will ensure proper distribution of these scarce, overpriced, and critical supplies so that they can reach regions, communities, and hospitals that need them most in a timely fashion.

持续的冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行给加拿大和世界各地的医疗保健系统及其供应链带来了巨大压力。在找到有效的治疗方法和疫苗之前，已采取措施减少污染和减缓疾病的传播。这些保持物理距离的措施降低了呼吸机、个人防护装备、洗手液等关键医疗和防护用品的生产和分销能力。必须通过由省、地区和地方卫生当局、仓库和仓库组成的复杂网络，将大量这些产品从采购点（机场、港口和战略储备）分发到医院和养老院。卫生服务提供者正在对其供应链进行重大调整。这些变化包括增加新的COVID-19相关设备和供应sku，简化材料和设备的分配，接受和管理捐赠物资，为分配车队增加设施和车辆，以及各种其他措施。由于当前医院环境和需求的迅速变化，这些变化正在以前所未有的速度发生。使用最佳实践、经验和特别决策来尽可能地确保这些变更的无缝集成。研究人员有机会通过专家建议和供应链定量建模来支持这一过程，以确保敏捷性和响应性。敏捷性和响应性将确保适当分配这些稀缺、价格过高和关键的物资，以便它们能够及时到达最需要的地区、社区和医院。