1. Model Shouldice Hospital as a processing operation with products‚ attributes‚ and resources. A. Process Structure: a. Input: Approved patient entering the clinic the day before operation b. Output: Successful patient leaving the facility c. Flow Unit: The patient going through the surgery process d. Network of activities and buffers (not sure?): The whole process with its wait times. Waiting room (20min wait time)‚ examination (15-20min)‚ waiting room for accounting office (5-15min)‚ accounting
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1. How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds? (60+90+90+90+60+30+30)/ (90*7) =450/630=71.4% The hospital is currently utilizing 71.4% its beds 2. Develop a similar table to show the effects of adding operations on Saturday. (Assume that 30 operations would still be performed each day.) How would this affect the utilization of the bed capacity? Is this capacity sufficient for the additional patients? Check-in Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 30 30 30
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“Shouldice Hospital‚ the house that hernias built‚ is a converted country estate which gives the hospital a ‘country club’ appeal.” A quote from American Medical News Shouldice Hospital in Canada is widely known for one thing – hernia repair! In fact‚ that is the only operation it performs‚ and it performs a great many of them. Over the past two decades this small 90-bed hospital has averaged 7‚000 operations annually. Last year‚ they had a record year and performed nearly 7‚500 operations
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Different Way of Looking at the Five Steps to Tyranny Concept James Turner PSY 400 4/12/09 In week 5‚ we watched a television program called “The Five Steps to Tyranny.” It explained how five different steps that take place can lead to conflict and tyranny. The program used a variety of examples‚ from the Holocaust to an exercise used in a third grade classroom‚ to explain these steps and also how they lead to tyranny. When people talk about the “5 Steps to Tyranny” concept‚ they usually
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Situational Analysis and Problem Definition: The Shouldice Hospital in Ontario‚ Canada is a pioneer in the field of treating patients suffering from external abdominal hernias. With its current capacity‚ it can treat up to 6850 patients annually. The patients are treated using the Shouldice Method‚ and on an average each patient has to spend about four days in the hospital recuperating. The USP of the Shouldice Hospital is it’s distinct surgical procedure. The speedy ambulation coupled with it’s
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ARTICLE Lean Thinking in Emergency Departments: A Critical Review Richard J. Holden‚ PhD From the School of Medicine and Public Health‚ University of Wisconsin–Madison‚ Madison‚ WI‚ and the Division of Ergonomics‚ School of Technology and Health‚ Royal Institute of Technology‚ Stockholm‚ Sweden. Emergency departments (EDs) face problems with crowding‚ delays‚ cost containment‚ and patient safety. To address these and other problems‚ EDs increasingly implement an approach called Lean thinking
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Abstract: This essay discusses the certain personality traits and cognitive style a person has that makes them successful entrepreneurs. The certain cognitive style‚ moral reasoning‚ is proven in a DIT test that a sample of entrepreneurs have taken. The results showed that entrepreneurs have a higher test score than the average‚ meaning that on average‚ entrepreneurs have a higher degree of moral reasoning than the norm. Another research has been done to evaluate the certain traits that entrepreneurs
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Step 1: "Us" and "Them" Create a distinction between the good decent people who are our the basis for our good lives‚ and the vial pests who threaten our way of lives. We want them gone. Step 2: Obey Orders Create a society where authority is obeyed. This obeying of authority for the majority of the people is second nature. This has been done in many societies since childhood. Step 3: Do harm to "Them" Have people do harm to this other group even when against it may be against their better
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Solution for Q1: Shouldice hospital is a leader in treating patients who suffer from Hernia. Shouldice achieved outstanding performance and reputation through its distinguished services to customers in terms of cost‚ quality‚ delivery and flexibility Cost: At Shouldice‚ Operating cost is not the only cost factor that attract customers. Besides‚ typical operation cost (including the patients stay at hospital) ranges from only $954 to $1029 compared to a total of $2‚000 to $4‚000 elsewhere. Even
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proofing</OPTION1> <OPTION2>Iterative testing</OPTION2> <OPTION3>OA</OPTION3> <OPTION4>Early testing</OPTION4> <ANSWER>Mistake proofing</ANSWER> </Main> <Main> <QNo>2</QNo> <QUESTION> ______________ is the critical starting point of Lean thinking</QUESTION> <OPTION1>Project Value</OPTION1> <OPTION2>Customer Value</OPTION2> <OPTION3>Value Addition</OPTION3> <OPTION4>Program value </OPTION4> <ANSWER>Customer Value</ANSWER> </Main> <Main> <QNo>3</QNo> <QUESTION>To
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