“…Blood product inventory management is a highly complex operation that relies on interpretation of multi-dimensional data including lifecycle-dependent variables such as real-time transactional status of the units, age of the units, discard reasons and lifecycleindependent variables such as blood types, special attributes (e.g., irradiation and phenotyping) and the suppliers [1]. Currently, hospitals and blood suppliers employ a mixture of non-standardized methodologies including paper reporting, spreadsheets, adhoc laboratory information system queries, and often the data is used for month-end reporting rather than near-real-time decision-making.…”