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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Do you think that smoking should be banned in public places? I believe that smoking should not be allowed in public places. First of all‚ smoking is bad for our health. Banding smoking from public places should be enforced throughout the whole United States. Here are three reasons why smoking should be banned. Cigarette smoke is very harmful to non-smokers. Smoking in front of young people is a bad influence on them. Office buildings and homes have caught on fire from someone smoking inside
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asleep in class regularly(Barrington Petition). In my opinion‚ school should start later because it increases focus in class‚ better grades‚ and it is becoming a regular thing in schools nationwide. (1)The reason many students and faculty feel this way is because they notice the student’s attention spans. (2) In the morning‚ I can personally recall yawning‚ shutting my eyes‚ and not doing my work to my full abilities. (3) Interestingly‚ I have noticed on the days I sleep in‚ my grades increase
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What do you think is unethical? The countrywide approved everyone to get their loans‚ no matter they have jobs or not‚ no matter they have income or not‚ no matter they have assets or not. The criteria they use may be unethical. They don’t care whether the documents are valid‚ whether they can verify the income‚ whether the appraisal is any good. They just care about getting the loan closed‚ in order to do another loan. The underwriters/ contractors looked through the loan as quick as they can.
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Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Monday Hong Kong should think of ways to expand its tourism facilities to capitalise on the growth of mainland tourists. He made the remarks after meeting with Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan during a conference on cross-border co-operation held in Hong Kong. We should actively study how to expand our capacity so that the pressure brought about by tourists can be reduced in some districts CHIEF EXECUTIVE LEUNG CHUN-YING Leung said his administration and
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topic in the United States. Making voting mandatory for all citizens‚ is debated to be something that could be either positive or negative. Both sides of the issue have their reasons why mandatory-voting laws should or should not be passed. Those who believe that mandatory voting should become a law believe that it will bring the number of voters on Election Day to increase. With voter participation rates falling below sixty percent‚ making voting mandatory would increase the percentage of those
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MOTHER LEAVES BRITTANY AT HOME FREQUENTLY. THE MOTHER IS DISENAGED. MOTHER APPEARS TO PUT SELF FIRST INSTEAD OF HER CHILD. MOTHER ALLOWS BRITTANY TO LEAVE THE HOME AND CONTINUE TO DO AS SHE WANTS WITHOUT NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES. MOTHER REPORTS A HISTORY OF BRITTANY RUNNING AWAY FROM THE HOME. BRITTANY LEFT THE HOME FRIDAY AND MOTHER WAS UNAWARE OF HER WHEREABOUTS UNTIL 6:46AM MONDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME‚ MOTHER DID NOT CONTACT
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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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profits. Hedging is some form insuring revenues from exchange rate fluctuations. QN1. Compare the hedging alternatives for the THB with a scenario under which Blades remains un-hedged. Do you think Blades should hedge or remain un-hedged? If Blades should hedge‚ which hedge is most appropriate? Net Baht to be paid/received in 3 months = 45‚000 pairs × 4‚594 per pair =206‚730‚000 Baht outflows ………………………..18‚000 (pairs) × 3000 (Cost per
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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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