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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MEMO To: Dr. Byrnes Shouldice‚ Alan O’Dell From: An MBA Student Date: May 09‚ 2006 ------------------------------------------------- Subject: Problems and Plans - Operational Assessment of the Shouldice Hospital Thank you for the opportunity to consult on your Shouldice Hospital operational assessment. I understand that you have implemented a well developed focus strategy (market focus and internal focus) successfully and Shouldice achieves outstanding results by maximizing
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➢ Company Overview: Shouldice Hospital is a privately owned surgical hospital which specializes in external abdominal wall hernia repair with holistic recovery services. The Shouldice facility located near Toronto‚ Canada‚ was founded by Dr. Earle Shouldice in 1945 and is the world’s leading center of excellence in abdominal hernia repair. Shouldice Hospital employs nearly 160 employees with an average tenure of 10 years. Shouldice Hospital‚ with an 80% referral rate‚ conducts more than 7‚000
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Shouldice Hospital – A Cut Above 1.) How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds? The hospital stay cycles have been provided: | Mon Beds | Tue Beds | Wed Beds | Thu Beds | Fri Beds | Sat Beds | Sun Beds | Available Beds | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Monday Admission | 30 | 30 | 30 | | | | | Tuesday Admission | | 30 | 30 | 30 | | | | Wednesday Admission | | | 30 | 30 | 30 | | | Thursday Admission | | | | 30 | 30 | 30 | | Friday Admission | |
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3/26/2013 Shouldice Hospital Limited (Abridged) Summary of case discussion Indicators of success • Profits – Revenue = 7600 * (320*4 + 650 + 300*20%) = $15 mil. – Costs = $8.5 mil for hospital + $3.5 for clinic $ $ – Profits = $3 mil • Word‐of‐mouth advertising – Afraid of advertising for fear of generating too much demand • Backlog of demand – Currently 2400‚ growing at 100 / 6 mo. • High percentage of doctors as patients • L Low recurrence – 0.8% vs. 10% at other hospitals
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Diversify on core to sustain competitive advantage Introduction Company urges invest in something new to achieve advantage to develop their business. However with technology improving and market becoming mutual the “pie” seems not big enough for such increasing amount of investors. Many fail to gain economies of scale. Moreover‚ in the current market company is in the competition also turns to be fiercer. An excessive investment to unrelated and “hot” may compel company neglect their existing
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available such as DFRWS‚ ADAM and IDIP‚ to name a few. Although this chapter is discussing the correct procedures for evidence collection‚ it is important to remember the successfulness and effectiveness of evidence collection comes down to having a methodology in place. According to (Sansurooah‚ 2016)‚ computer forensic analysts or specialists will follow clear‚ well defined methodologies and procedures‚ and flexibility is expected and encouraged when encountering with the unusual. It can be said methodologies
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most things. You probably have a regular process that you use every morning. What are the tasks associated with your process? Do you brush your teeth‚ take a shower‚ dress‚ make coffee‚ and read the paper? Have you ever thought about how the tasks should be ordered or what the best way to execute each task is? In making these decisions you are allocating your own personal capacity.* This section is about designing efficient processes and allocating capacity for all types of businesses. Companies also
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Case Study Shouldice Hospital Limited 09. November 2011 1. How does Shouldice compete? Identify at least three characteristics of Shouldice´s operations that contribute to its competitiveness. The four most important influences on competiveness in a company are cost‚ time (speed)‚ flexibility and quality. Cost and time should be held as small as possible‚ flexibility and quality as high as possible. In the Shouldice case we added another category: customer service. For the categories
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of Situation and Identification of Problems 1.1 Service The Shouldice Hospital competitive advantage is that it only conducts external hernia operations and is specifically designed and operated to provide the highest probabilities for successful treatment with “country club like” patient service. Hernia operations typically have a 90% success rate‚ with Shouldice hernia operations boasting over a 99% success rate. The Shouldice competitive advantage can be summarized into: Surgical technique:
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