Comparative Service Levels in the Inventory Management before and during Covid-19 in context of Biosafety Products

Abstract

Availability of essential biosafety products in time and reliable manner is serious
challenge for supply chains in current situation due to Covid-19 pandemic. Unforeseen
change in the demand of biosafety products arose due to protocol of WHO to check the
spread of virus. Challenges of supply chain are overcome by improving service level in
current scenario, guaranteeing high availability at each link in order to help preserve life.
Flexibility of process in supply chain reflected in decision making. Allocation of
biosafety products was focused on guaranteeing customer and user satisfaction using
flexible strategy of inventory management. Management of Inventories for biosafety
products is effected by volatile behaviour which impacts on the containment of the
spread of the virus in a global disruption of supply chains. The proposed strategies can
be used to companies for products in similar situation of crisis.