title: SPD-based Logistics Management Model of Medical Consumables in Hospitals.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  With the rapid development of health services, the progress of medical science and technology, and the improvement of materials research, the consumption of medical consumables (MCs) in medical activities has increased in recent years. However, owing to the lack of effective management methods and the complexity of MCs, there are several management problems including MC waste, low management efficiency, high management difficulty, and frequent medical accidents. Therefore, there is urgent need for an effective logistics management model to handle these problems and challenges in hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed books and scientific literature (by searching the articles published from 2010 to 2015 in Engineering Village database) to understand supply chain related theories and methods and performed field investigations in hospitals across many cities to determine the actual state of MC logistics management of hospitals in China.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We describe the definition, physical model, construction, and logistics operation processes of the supply, processing, and distribution (SPD) of MC logistics because of the traditional SPD model. With the establishment of a supply-procurement platform and a logistics lean management system, we applied the model to the MC logistics management of Anhui Provincial Hospital with good effects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SPD model plays a critical role in optimizing the logistics procedures of MCs, improving the management efficiency of logistics, and reducing the costs of logistics of hospitals in China.
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, PR China; Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei 230001, PR China.
authors.forename: Tongzhu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei 230001, PR China.
authors.forename: Aizong
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiaojian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei 230001, PR China.
authors.forename: Guixian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei 230001, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, PR China.
authors.forename: Shanlin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Hospital; Logistics management; Medical consumables; SPD