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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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    considers these subjects in both manufacturing and service industries. *The original version of the movie “Cheaper by the Dozen” made in the 1950s was based upon the life of Frank Gilbreth who invented motion study in the 1900s. Gilbreth was so concerned with personal efficiency that he did a study of whether it was faster and more accurate to button one’s seven button vest from the bottom up or the top down. (Answer: bottom up!) Chapter 3 STRATEGIC CAPACITY MANAGEMENT After reading the chapter

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    Shouldice Hospital Case Study Calvin Barron Liberty University March 2‚ 2010 Respectfully submitted to Prof. Scott McLaughlin Overview The Shouldice Hospital serves as a glaring example of extraordinary service and care for the impaired and needy. From carpeting and soft lighting to doting personal care from the staff‚ the Shouldice experience sets a standard of excellence for the industry. Dr. Earl Shouldice displayed an early desire for medical understanding with an age

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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 the

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    Operations Management Shouldice Hospital January‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................3 Scope .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Analysis ......................................................................................................................

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    Bottleneck analysis: Also see enclosed Process flow chart (Appendix 1). Hospital is able to perform 42 exams/afternoon and send 38 patients to the operation rooms. But surgery capacity is 33 operations/day only. Bottleneck (number of operations/day) is therefore located between these two processes. Hospital performs 33 operations/day = demand 116 beds/Wed‚Thu and 99 beds/Tue. Demand is 116 and current capacity is 89. Bottleneck is the number of beds available. It is necessary to increase capacity

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    regulatory environment in Toronto f. Rooms g. Satisfied operators Analyses 2. Why do patients choose Shouldice Hospital over other hospitals? What are the benefits received by Shouldice’s patients that are different from other hospitals? Answer: Patients choose Shouldice Hospital over other hospitals because the service they get from Shouldice is far away better than other hospitals. The benefits they received are as following: a. Appointments are driven by patient referrals.

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    MANAGEMENT CASE 1 – Shouldice Hospital Introduction Shouldice Hospital‚ set up in 1945 by Dr. Earl Shouldice‚ is located near Toronto. It follows the business model of focus on a single standardised service for a narrow target of consumers‚ rather than to provide customised solution (as in a general clinic or hospital). It focuses on providing quick‚ convenient‚ and reliable cure for external types of abdominal hernias. The Hospital uses its own technique‚ called the Shouldice Method. It is

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    1. How successful is the Shouldice Hospital? Generate a P&L statement using available information from the case. Treat each of the two operations—hospital and the surgery—separately. Hospital: Revenues (4 days X $111/day x 6‚850 patients/year) 3‚041‚400 Cost 2‚800‚000 Profit: 241‚400 Clinic: Revenues ((($450 + 60 + 75) X 0.20) X 6‚850 patients/year)) 3‚596‚250 Cost 2‚000‚000 Profit 1‚596‚250 Total Profit 1‚837‚650 2. How

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    uShouldice Case Case 1: Shouldice Hospital Limited Q1: How does shouldice compete? In other words why do patients come to shouldice hospital? Two main reasons drive customers into choosing Shouldice over other competitors/hospitals. The first is quality‚ and the other is cost. talking about quality of the Shouldice “product” includes both‚ quality of the operation‚ and quality of post operation activities and overall services offered by Shouldice. The Shouldice method is a focused‚ specified

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