Q5-3C Now, look at the effect of incre... [FREE SOLUTION]

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Operations And Supply Chain Management

F. Robert Jacobs

Business Studies

14th Edition 路 800 pages

ISBN: 9780078024023

Chapter 1: Q5-3C (page 128)

Now, look at the effect of increasing the number of beds by 50 percent. How many operations could the hospital perform per day before running out of bed capacity? (Assume operations are performed five days per week, with the same number performed on each day.) How well would the new resources be utilized relative to the current operation? Could the hospital perform this many operations? Why?

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The answer to this question is described in the two steps (a), and (b) as shown below.

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Per day operations by the hospital

The added capacity of the beds would be unused after they are increased by 50%, this may amount to 135 beds. the rate of beds used for the surgery is 30 each day; this suggests there'll be 105 unused beds.

Increasing the number of beds suggests the number of surgery will increase to 45 per day up from 30 that the hospital conducted.

Utilization of new resources

If the amount of beds increases by 50 percent, the hospital should equal this increase by conducting 45 surgeries on Monday For Thursday, which can enable the hospital to utilize its facilities for the 4 days per week.

Executing 30 surgeries every single day in 5 different rooms means the hospital will perform 6 surgeries in each room, and thus, performing 45 surgeries every day in 5 different rooms entail the hospital being required to perform 9 or more surgeries per day.

There will be a desire for more rooms at the hospital since extending the number of hours for conducting the surgeries will complicate the recovery process at the hospital. The simplest resolution for smooth recovery is to own more operating rooms.