Bloodmobile location selection for resilient blood supply chain: a novel spherical fuzzy AHP-integrated spherical fuzzy COPRAS methodology
Abstract
Purpose
Blood availability is critical for saving lives in various healthcare services. Ensuring blood availability can only be achieved through efficient management of the blood supply chain (BSC). A key component of the BSC is bloodmobiles, which are responsible for a significant portion of blood donation collections. The most crucial factor affecting the efficacy of bloodmobiles is their location selection. Therefore, detailed decision analyses are essential for the location selection of bloodmobiles. This study proposes a comprehensive approach to bloodmobile location selection for resilient BSCs.
Design/methodology/approach
This study provides a novel integration of the spherical fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (SF-AHP) and spherical fuzzy complex proportional assessment (SF-COPRAS) methodologies. In this framework, the criteria are weighted using SF-AHP. The alternatives are then evaluated using SF-COPRAS, employing criteria weights obtained from SF-AHP without defuzzification.
Findings
The results show that supply conditions and resilience are the most important criteria for a bloodmobile location selection. Additionally, the validation analyses confirm the stability of the solution.
Practical implications
This study presents several managerial implications that can aid mid-level managers in the BSC during the decision-making process for bloodmobile location selection. The critical factors revealed, along with their importance in choosing bloodmobile locations, serve as a comprehensive guide. Additionally, the framework proposed in this study offers decision-makers (DMs) an effective method for ranking potential bloodmobile locations.
Originality/value
This study presents the first application of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) for bloodmobile location selection. In this manner, several aspects of bloodmobile location selection are considered for the first time in the existing literature. Furthermore, from the methodological aspect, this study provides a novel SF-AHP-integrated SF-COPRAS methodology.
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Acknowledgements
We want to express our gratitude to the Turkish Red Crescent General Directorate of Blood Services for providing us with information on bloodmobile placement locations and granting us permission to conduct surveys with employees of the Blood Donor Recruitment unit. We also acknowledge the editor-in-chief, the guest editors and three anonymous referees who helped improve our paper.
Citation
Imamoglu, G., Ayyildiz, E., Aydin, N. and Topcu, Y.I. (2024), "Bloodmobile location selection for resilient blood supply chain: a novel spherical fuzzy AHP-integrated spherical fuzzy COPRAS methodology", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-07-2023-0379
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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