Resilient PPE Supply Chains for Hong Kong Health Systems: Current and Post Covid-19 Pandemic
Grant Data
Project Title
Resilient PPE Supply Chains for Hong Kong Health Systems: Current and Post Covid-19 Pandemic
Principal Investigator
Professor Zhang, Qingpeng
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
42
Start Date
2021-03-01
Amount
134000
Conference Title
Resilient PPE Supply Chains for Hong Kong Health Systems: Current and Post Covid-19 Pandemic
Keywords
Refer to ES
Discipline
Database and data science
Panel
Physical Sciences (P)
HKU Project Code
C1143-20G
Grant Type
Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project 2021/2022
Funding Year
2021
Status
On-going
Objectives
From the outbreak of COVID-19, in addition to developing vaccines, governments, international health organizations, and hospitals have all called for a strategic stockpiling of personal protection equipment (PPE). With a team of experts in supply chain management, demand forecasting, and public healthcare, we propose to develop resilient PPE supply chains for Hong Kong health systems aimed at treating PPE as a supply chain management matter rather than a procurement issue. We plan to start with a scenario-based PPE demand forecasting for scenarios of conventional, contingency, and crisis. Our second study concerns the PPE supply chain characterization and stress test with concepts of the time-to-recovery, the performance impact, and the time-to-survive. Our final task is to integrate both demand and supply sides of the study in order to provide data-driven predictive insights into the risk management of strategic PPE stockpiling, public policy making, and human capital development to combat future pandemics.