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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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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DSE7100 Managing Service Operations Discussion of Shouldice Hospital Limited Case Assignment #2: Questions for Shouldice Hospital Limited 1. How Successful is the Shouldice Hospital? 2. How do you account for the success of the hospital? 3. What is the strategic service concept of Shoudice Hospital? How are the elements in the service systems designed and managed to support the strategic service concept? 4. As Dr. Shouldice‚ what actions‚ if any‚ would you take to expand the hospital’s
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The Gap Model is a conceptual model especially developed to qualitatively measure service quality. It was developed by parasuraman et al.(1985) based on results from empirical research. Tha gap model identifies five organizational gaps within the process of service design and delivery that cause deficits in quality ‚ leading to dissatisfied customers. The Gap Model locates and maps five generic gaps that apply regardless of the thematic type of service: 1. Between management perceptions of customer
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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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“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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Customer Gap Perceived Service Service Delivery External Communications to Customers COMPANY Gap 3 Gap 1 Gap 4 Customer-Driven Service Designs and Standards Gap 2 Company Perceptions of Consumer Expectations Customer Expectations Gap 1 •Inadequate marketing research orientation •Lack of upward communication •Insufficient relationship focus •Inadequate service recovery Company Perceptions of Customer Expectations Customer-Driven Service Designs and Standards Gap 2
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Situational Analysis and Problem Definition: The Shouldice Hospital in Ontario‚ Canada is a pioneer in the field of treating patients suffering from external abdominal hernias. With its current capacity‚ it can treat up to 6850 patients annually. The patients are treated using the Shouldice Method‚ and on an average each patient has to spend about four days in the hospital recuperating. The USP of the Shouldice Hospital is it’s distinct surgical procedure. The speedy ambulation coupled with it’s
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Rethinking School Inspection in the Third World: The case of Kenya Zachariah Wanzare‚ O. Abstract Many countries throughout the world have developed some means of monitoring the quality and standards of their education systems. In most cases‚ the monitoring process involves supervision by inspection of educational institutions such as schools‚ and other aspects of the education systems. The critical role of inspection as one of the dominant strategies for monitoring and improving the performance
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Solution for Q1: Shouldice hospital is a leader in treating patients who suffer from Hernia. Shouldice achieved outstanding performance and reputation through its distinguished services to customers in terms of cost‚ quality‚ delivery and flexibility Cost: At Shouldice‚ Operating cost is not the only cost factor that attract customers. Besides‚ typical operation cost (including the patients stay at hospital) ranges from only $954 to $1029 compared to a total of $2‚000 to $4‚000 elsewhere. Even
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