Assumptions

A total capacity of $89$ beds are available.

Once a patient is checked in$,$ the patient has a three$-$night stay. For example, if the patient

checks in on Monday, he occupies a hospital bed for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and

checks out on Thursday.

Question: Given $89$ beds, what is the maximum number of operations can the current

capacity support? $89/3=29$

Assumptions

A total capacity of $133$ beds are available.

Once a patient is checked in$,$ the patient has a three$-$night stay. For example, if the

patient checks in on Monday, he occupies a hospital bed for Monday, Tuesday and

Wednesday and checks out on Thursday.

Question: Given $133$ beds, what is the maximum number of operations can the

current capacity support? $133/3=44$ operations

QUESTION, Please read the case and all the questions. Submit your response to Q$3($use the excel table provided to calculate the bed utilization$).$ The writeup should be half a page to one$-$page long. Name your file as LastName.FirstName.ShouldiceQ$3.$DOCX or $.$PDF$.$

$3.$ What expansion alternative would you recommend $($i$.$e$.,$ Saturday operations or increase beds by $50\%)$ and what would be the implications for weekly capacity? $($Hint: prepare a table that displays the usage of beds on each day $($Sunday$-$Monday$)$ based on patients' check$-$in day and derive the bed utilization, ie$,$ the # of bed used$/$the # of bed available. Use the attached word document for deriving the table.$)$