Executive Summary Shouldice Hospital is the world’s leading centre of excellence in abdominal wall hernia repair . Shouldice’s reputation has been built on an exterior quality service and a high rate of successful hernia repair operation. A 99% success rate in hernia surgery has long been the benchmark for medical professionals internationally. Shouldice has averaged 7,000 operations annually, while last year it performed 7,500 operations. The patient number increased a lot in recent years. The
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Considering all the available alternatives we have, performing surgeries on Saturdays without making any other changes in the facility is the best alternative available due to the following reasons: • no fresh capital investment is required • no new construction required • revenue outweighs extra costs • quality of the service will be maintained By drilling down to numbers, there are 89 beds in total which are used for 5 days, therefore, sum of daily capacity = 89*5 = 445 and if we look
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y Sistemas Casos de Estudio de Gerencia - PS6170 Enero - Marzo 2013 Caso de Estudio #4 Shouldice Hospital Integrantes: Ronald Batista 07-40635 Isabel Blanch 07-40657 Jocelyn Machado 08-10659 Eduardo Rocco 08-10947 Stephanie Ziritt 08-11220 Profesor: Manuel Martín Sartenejas, Febrero de 2013 1. CONTEXTO El hospital Shouldice (nombrado luego de su fundador, Earle Shouldice) es un centro clínico donde se operan únicamente hernias abdominales externas. El 82% de los procedimientos
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1. Problem statement With the increasing demand on Shouldice Hospital, the hospital management is looking to increase the capacity of the hospital to meet the demand without sacrificing the quality of service the hospital offers and has built up over 30 years. 2. Situation analysis Shouldice hospital is a well-known hospital for its specialization in hernia operations. Last year, Shouldice performed operations on 7500 patients. The greatly developed technique that the hospital uses and the excellent
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Case 5: Shouldice Hospital Limited (Abridged): Phần Uyên History of Shouldice Hospital: Dr. Earle Shouldice was interest in early ambulation stemmed, his medical license permitted him to operate anywhere, even on a kitchen table. As more and more patients requested operations, Dr Shouldice created new facilities by buying a rambling 130-acre estate with a 17.000-square foot main house in the Toronto suburb of Thornhill. After some years of planning, a large wing was added to provide a total
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© 2007-2008 Richard E Murphy Even Swaps - Shouldice Hospital 18 November 2007 1. How Successful is Shouldice Hospital? Shouldice Hospital is a highly successful business that maintains a focused service delivery system due to the success rate of its surgeries, its low employee turnover, its ability to maintain high quality standards, its ability to keep costs low and to remain profitable, and most especially the positive evaluations of its patients. Its strengths can be attributed
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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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Executive summary or Conclusion Shouldice Hospital was founded in 1945 by Dr. Earle Shouldice. It is a well known hospital in Ontario, Canada for its extraordinary service and care of hernia repair. The hospital is famous for lots of notable features in its service delivery system - superior surgery technique, effective recovery methods and comfortable and friendly environment with gregarious staff and service. Shouldice Hospital is a small 90-bed hospital with averaged 7,000 operations annually
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Maynila Graduate School of Management Production and Operations Management I Dr. Cecile Santiago Capacity Planning at Shouldice Hospital Submitted by: Caneja, Andrea Nichole Canicosa, Shirly Palma, Nerissa Sajise, Rina Vidallon, Allen TITLE : Capacity Planning at Shouldice Hospital VIEWPOINT : The Hospital Administrator TIME CONTEXT : At Present I. PROBLEM STATEMENT Deciding on ways to meet the unsatisfied
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The Shouldice Hospital was created by Dr. Edward Earle Shouldice who is the inventor of the Shouldice method which is a hernia surgery designed to reduce recovery time and improve surgical results. The method was in response to men who couldn’t enlist in the military due to complications and it would quickly restore their physical fitness for military training. Due to high demand and scarce hospital space, Dr. Shouldice decided to open up his own hospital specializing in his unique hernia repair
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