Just-in-time approach in healthcare inventory management: Does it really work?

Bandar Balkhi; Abdullah Alshahrani; Anas Khan

doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2022.10.013

Just-in-time approach in healthcare inventory management: Does it really work?

Saudi Pharm J. 2022 Dec;30(12):1830-1835. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2022.10.013. Epub 2022 Nov 3.

Authors

Bandar Balkhi^{1

2}, Abdullah Alshahrani², Anas Khan^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Clinical pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Pharmacoeconomic Unit, Pharmaceutical Care Service Administration, Armed Forces Hospital - Southern Region (AFHSR), Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Global Center for Mass Gathering Medicine, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Healthcare organizations need to efficiently use their available resources, improve their productivity, reduce operating costs, and provide high-quality services. Just in time (JIT) is an approach that has benefited the healthcare industry in these regards, improving patient outcomes by reducing waste and non-value-adding activities. As such, our main purpose in this study was to discuss the use of JIT systems in healthcare inventory management and highlight their importance, as well as explore the advantages and limitations of JIT systems in healthcare management systems. We also explored supply chain issues in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide strategies and recommendations for improvement.

Keywords: COVID-19; Disaster; Inventory management; Just in time; Supply chain.

Publication types

Review