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The scarcity of consumables in health facilities has
important implications for the quality of healthcare services, the
user’s well-being, and costs. The negative impacts associated with
the lack of necessary products for the treatment of patients can be
minimized by applying the Lean philosophy to stock management
in healthcare facilities. Therefore, an easy-to-use virtual Kanban
decision support system with low implementation costs was
created. The quantitative model includes the calculation of
maximum and minimum stocks for each item and makes it
possible to determine the level of urgency for placing orders. This
model presupposes the classification of items according to the level
of demand, providing, depending on that classification, the
quantity to be purchased. The inventory optimization system is
described and then tested using the items of a first-aid kit
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Keywords
Inventory management Lean healthcare Decision support system e-Kanban Stock
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Publisher
IEEE