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On the day of their surgery, each patient goes through several activities as shown in the table below. The number of parallel stations shown are

On the day of their surgery, each patient goes through several activities as shown in the table below. The number of parallel stations shown are based on the fraction of available capacity dedicated to that activity.

Activity
Description
Time (mins)
Number of Stations
9
check in at clinic
2
0.4
10
Prep for surgery
10
1
11
Surgery, Cleanup, Record*
20
1
12
Bandage, walk to waiting
5
0.48

Waiting time
30
unlimited
14
PSR checks patient out
4
0.24

Calculate each of the following. Show how you arrived at your results.

  1. Calculate the cycle time in (decimal) minutes for the entire process. Explain your reasoning.
  2. Calculate the flow time in (decimal) minutes experienced by each patient. Show your calculations.

Clinic-centric: Dr. Connors is concerned about the drop-off in patients who complete intake but fail to show up for surgery. She is planning several initiatives that could help reduce the drop-off in patient volume between intake and actual surgery by half. She would like to know the effect this would have on patient volume and capacity utilization. Table 2 shows the new patient volumes if she is successful in her initiatives.

Table 2


Task
Activity

Patient Volume
1
Initial patient call
14345
2
Mail paperwork
11189
3
Call to remind
11189
4
40% reschedule call
4476
5
Check in at clinic
8056
6
Intake
8056
7
Remind call
8056
8
40% reschedule call
3222
9
check in at clinic
6670
10
Prep for surgery
6670
11
Surgery, Cleanup, Record*
6670
12
Bandage, walk to waiting
6670
13
Room cleaning
6670
14
PSR checks patient out
6670
15
First (next-day) follow-up
6670
16
Tues-Sat room clean (80%)
5336
17
Sunday room clean (20%)*
1334
18
3-week follow-up
5269
19
3-week room clean
5269
  1. Dr. Connors calculates the utilization with the increased patient volumes for staff and rooms using the available time per worker shown below. (1 point)

Available time per worker

Staff: 5days*48weeks*8hrs*60mins

Surgeon: 5days*48weeks*7hrs*60mins

Rooms: 5days*48weeks*9hrs*60mins


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