Chapter Supply-Chain Management Discussion Questions 1. Supply-chain management is the management of the activities that procure raw materials‚ transform them into intermediate goods and final products‚ and deliver the products to customers through a distribution system. 2. The supply-chain function’s role is to help identify the products and services that can best be obtained externally; develop‚ evaluate‚ and determine the best supplier‚ price‚ and delivery for them. 3. The objective of logistics
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Arnold Palmer Hospital is one of the largest hospitals for women and children in the U.S which founded in 1989. Arnold Palmer Hospital was ranked one of the nation’s Top 30 pediatric hospitals for heart care and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report‚ in their 2008 edition of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. Arnold Palmer Hospital is the only hospital in the central area with an emergency/trauma department dedicated to pediatric patients. The hospital’s Congenital Heart
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Arnold Palmer Hospital was founded in 1989. It is one of the largest hospitals for women and children in U.S.‚ with 431 beds in two facilities totaling 676‚000 square feet. Located in downtown Orlando‚ Florida‚ and named after its famed golf benefactor‚ the hospital with more than 2000 employees serves an 18-country area in central Florida and is the only Level 1 trauma centre for children in that region. Arnold Palmer Hospital provides a broad range of medical services including neonatal and paediatric
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Inc. 6–1 Arnold Palmer Hospital Case – Process Analysis © 2008 Prentice Hall‚ Inc. 6–2 Presentation by Group 4 Members: Ma. Corazon Q. Guevarra Belina S. Katigbak Gage Rush Christine Tubig February 10‚ 2014 © 2008 Prentice Hall‚ Inc. 6–3 a 158-bed pediatrics hospital facility located in Orlando‚ Florida‚ United States The hospital is part of Orlando Health and is supported by the Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation one of the busiest and most respected hospitals in the medical
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JIT at Arnold Palmer Hospital Arnold Palmer Hospital’s is one of the most important hospitals in the US where it specializes in treatment of women and children. One of its main goals is manage a reduce costs‚ for this reason Arnold Palmer hospital uses some crucial just-in-time (JIT) techniques. These techniques help to maintain the control of its inventory with a high efficiency and low cost. The mission of this case will be answering the discussion questions‚ but focusing in Just-in-time strategies
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TUI UNIVERSITY John A. Voorhees Module 2 Case OPM 300: Introduction to Operations Management Dr. Joseph Michael Thomas 21 December 2011 Arnold Palmer Hospital The flowchart that Diane designed is perfect. Diane’s flowchart explains the process in detail of how Arnold Palmer Hospital began the procedure. Being Diane’s new assistant‚ we can improve the flowchart by being more precise. The flowchart can be presented in small point and explain the process and flow of maternity patients.
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Arnold Palmer Hospital Arnold Palmer Hospital "A Very Special Baby" Conversations in the late 1970’s between pediatricians Andrew Townes Jr.‚ MD‚ Ben Guedes‚ MD‚ and Colin Condron‚ MD‚ led to the decision several years later to build what has become the only healthcare facility dedicated solely to the care of children and women in the Southeast. "We started out by forming the Children’s Medical Foundation of Greater Orlando in February 1980‚" explains Dr. Townes. "Judge Joseph DuRocher drafted
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Arnold Palmer Hospital’s Supply Chain Case Arnold Palmer Hospital is one of the nations leading hospitals for women and children. It is located in Orlando‚ Florida‚ and is apart of a national purchasing group. Even though being apart of the purchasing group has some advantages‚ there are also many disadvantages. These disadvantages forced the hospital to change its supply chain strategy. After leaving this group the hospital along with several other hospitals from the group formed their own
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Arnold Palmer Hospital One of only six hospitals in U.S specialized in health care for women and children. Patient from 50 states and more than 100 countries. Focuses is delivery of babies. Capacity per year is 6‚500 births with 281 beds. Arnold Palmer Hospital Demand increased steadily and achieved 14‚634 birth on 2008. 35 Planning Teams study on capacity expansion included: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Specific forecasts Service transfer to new facility Service remain in existing
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Case 2: Project Management at Arnold Palmer Hospital 1- Develop the network for planning and construction of the new hospital at Arnold Palmer. 2- What is the critical path and how long is the project expected to take? The critical path is Activities 1-3-5-6-8-10-11-12-14-16-17-19- 20-21. The project will take around 47 months (4 years). 3- Why is the construction of this 11-story building any more complex than construction of an equivalent office
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