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 ma...

Data services and logistics were provided by Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics (QCMD), Glasgow, UK. We would also like to thank all the laboratories that participated.

This study investigates logistics service providers' social media engagement to understand better its effect on supply chain functions, mainly their branding purposes, since managers and academics consider strategies increasingly crucial in the current competitive business environment. Eleven semi-structured in-depth interviews with thirteen experts from selected providers operating Turkey were...

Military logistics planning is a complex process, involving many calculations, satisfaction of constraints, and cooperation amongst many organisational entities that provide services in order to achieve military logistics goals. Multi-Agent Logistics Tool (MALT) is a project aimed at supporting military logistics planning. MALT is being developed using agent technology, where agents represent t...