1. *How does Shouldice compete? Identify at least three characteristics of Shouldice’s operations that contribute* to its competitiveness. Shouldice Hospital Limited seems to be a well organized Hospital with a unique technique to operate hernias. In this hospital only external hernias were operated. This is the mayor fact for their success. The doctor´s‚ the nurse´s and even the design of the facility is only targeted of the patient’s needs that have or had a hernia surgery. To reduce
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The Shouldice Hospital has been very successful during the past years and has grown to become the “world’s leading centre of excellence for hernia repair”. Based on research‚ • Shouldice has expanded their room capacity to 89 beds with 5 specialized operating rooms and a staff of about 150 people (nurses‚ doctors‚ administrative) that collaborate together to provide a higher quality health care service to the patient. • The innovative method used for sedating a patient with a sleeping pill
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SHOULDICE CASE STUDY 1. Utilization = actual/design = 450 / (90*7) = 71.43% 2. | Beds Required | Check-In | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Monday | 30 | 30 | 30 | | | | | Tuesday | | 30 | 30 | 30 | | | | Wednesday | | | 30 | 30 | 30 | | | Thursday | | | | 30 | 30 | 30 | | Friday | | | | | | | | Saturday | 30 | | | | | 30 | 30 | Sunday | 30 | 30 | | | | | 30 | Total | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 60 | 60 | 60 | Utilization = 540 / (90*7)
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Justification of LRT Route The projected LRT route focuses on the downtown core of the Hamilton area with our four main stops being located at various intersections along King Street West. The stops will be located King at Wellington‚ King at James‚ King at Bay‚ and King at Dundurn. The key reason behind the selection of these stops is because the majority of these proposed stops are currently being used as stops for the HSR B-Line Express route (Hamilton Rapid Transit‚ 2011). By using stops that
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The City of Detroit bankruptcy is a historical event since the city of Detroit is one of the largest cities ever filed for bankruptcy. However‚ the court trial will decide after considering all the facts and testimonials‚ if City of Detroit will qualify for bankruptcy. City of Detroit has filed for bankruptcy mainly because of financial factors such as expenditures were higher than revenues‚ the high level of debts and bad management. In the audit report issued for the 2012 there were many qualified
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Dunstan Ramsay as Fifth Business In Roberston Davies’ novel‚ Fifth Business‚ as Dunstan Ramsay narrates his life story‚ the reader becomes aware of the pivotal role he plays in the lives of the other characters‚ the role of ‘Fifth Business.’ As Liesl explains the purpose of Fifth Business in classic European opera‚ it is almost uncanny how accurately it describes his life. It leaves no question that Dunstan Ramsay is the baritone‚ he is Fifth Business. Who are you? Where do you fit into poetry
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Guilt in Fifth business In The Fifth Business‚ by Robertson Davies‚ Guilt is a theme that runs throughout both The Fifth Business and is a major force in one’s life. Davies demonstrates this by having one character feeling guilt while another who does not. Davies introduces the reader with Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton. And Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other. Davies portrays the idea of competition through the relationship between Boy and Dunstan in their
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Group #8 Assignment #1: Shouldice Hospital case 1. How does the hospital’s operations strategy support its business strategy? 2. How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds? 3. Evaluate the effects of the following two alternatives on the utilization of the bed capacity. a) a. Adding operations on Saturday (assuming that 30 operations would still be performed each day). b) b. Increasing the number of beds by 50 percent (assuming that the hospital would increase
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Case: Shouldice Questions for Discussion 1. What is the bundle of benefits purchased by the consumer? In other words‚ what is the Shouldice value proposition? In what ways is Shouldice’s offering different from other hospitals? 2. What is the target group of customers‚ and what do they have in common apart from a hernia? 3. How are the benefits delivered to those customers—how does the production process work? You might like to think of this as a factory with people as the work in process
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