The provincial government plans to distribute certain types of vaccines to the 3 major urban centers of the province covering a large portion of the provincial population. The 5 million doses of vaccines are expected to arrive in large batches at one of the major cargo airports by 2 military transporter airplanes in a single day. The vaccines will then be distributed to the 3 cities with the number of doses corresponding to the population sizes of the 3 cities. They will be further distributed to the 20 hospitals and about 200 local clinics in these 3 cities. Officials of the provincial health agency must plan for the upcoming vaccine distribution. Assume that you are asked to suggest several methods/tools in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research you have learned from this course. Present 3 such methods and for EACH of these methods, briefly explain: 6.1) For solving which part of the vaccine distribution planning problem that the method may be useful 6.2) The types of data that should be collected in using the identified method 6.3) The main advantage of using the method to solve the identified part of the vaccine distribution problem.
The provincial government plans to distribute certain types of vaccines to the 3 major urban centers of the province covering a large portion of the provincial population. The 5 million doses of vaccines are expected to arrive in large batches at one of the major cargo airports by 2 military transporter airplanes in a single day. The vaccines will then be distributed to the 3 cities with the number of doses corresponding to the population sizes of the 3 cities. They will be further distributed to the 20 hospitals and about 200 local clinics in these 3 cities. Officials of the provincial health agency must plan for the upcoming vaccine distribution. Assume that you are asked to suggest several methods/tools in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research you have learned from this course. Present 3 such methods and for EACH of these methods, briefly explain: 6.1) For solving which part of the vaccine distribution planning problem that the method may be useful 6.2) The types of data that should be collected in using the identified method 6.3) The main advantage of using the method to solve the identified part of the vaccine distribution problem.
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
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