Mehdi Heydari

Dr. Mehdi Heydari


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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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5 April 2018 in Journal of the Operational Research Society
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AAAbbas Ahmadi
Abbas Ahmadi
MPMir Saman Pishvaee
Mir Saman Pishvaee
MHMehdi Heydari
Mehdi Heydari
A group purchasing Organisation (GPO) is an entity which aggregates the purchasing volume of health care providers to save costs by getting quantity discounts from manufacturers and distributors. This paper investigates a health care supply chain consisting of a for-profit GPO, a number of suppliers presenting different types of products with limited capacities, and several health service providers requiring various kinds of products with different quantity. Health care providers can either join the GPO by paying a membership fee and buy the products needed at the GPO prices negotiated with the suppliers or negotiate (themselves) directly with the suppliers. The GPO negotiates with suppliers on products’ prices for the health care providers. Furthermore, the GPO takes a contract administration fee from the supplier, i.e., a percentage of all monetary value of the purchased products through the GPO contract. Each supplier offers a quantity discount schedule for each of its products. All prevalent challenges to the GPO performance are taken into consideration, and then the supply chain is formulated as a mixed integer non-linear programming model. A global optimisation framework is employed to find the optimal solution. A case study and sensitivity analyses are conducted to extract some managerial insights. Our investigations confirm that GPOs play a strategic role in the purchasing process, and also it is turned out that they behave in a way which results in satisfying all members of the supply chain.

5 April 2018 in Operational Research
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JJJavid Jouzdani
Javid Jouzdani
MFMohammad Fathian
Mohammad Fathian
AMAhmad Makui
Ahmad Makui
MHMehdi Heydari
Mehdi Heydari

8 January 2016 in Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
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MFMohammad Fathian
Mohammad Fathian
JJJavid Jouzdani
Javid Jouzdani
MHMehdi Heydari
Mehdi Heydari
AMAhmad Makui
Ahmad Makui

15 July 2009 in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
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Mehdi Heydari
SSSeyed Jafar Sadjadi
Seyed Jafar Sadjadi
EMEmran Mohammadi
Emran Mohammadi

17 April 2019 in Journal of Forestry Research
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HSHafizollah Shahriari
Hafizollah Shahriari
KVKambiz Abrari Vajari
Kambiz Abrari Vajari
BPBabak Pilehvar
Babak Pilehvar
MHMehdi Heydari
Mehdi Heydari

17 June 2021 in Computers & Operations Research
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AAAbbas Ahmadi
Abbas Ahmadi
MHMehdi Heydari
Mehdi Heydari
MPMir Saman Pishvaee
Mir Saman Pishvaee
ETEbrahim Teimoury
Ebrahim Teimoury