DocumentCode :
3044052
Title :
JIT application: process-oriented supply chain management in a health care system
Author :
Chunning, Zhang ; Kumar, Arun
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. & Production Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
Volume :
2
fYear :
2000
fDate :
2000
Firstpage :
788
Abstract :
Hospital operators are searching continuously for innovative ways to contain costs without sacrificing quality. Many hospitals have focused their cost containment efforts on lowering the acquisition price of supplies instead of lowering their total delivered cost. However, this paper presents a novel approach to lower the costs of the logistics of delivering supplies by adopting elements of just-in-time (JIT) systems. It is suggested that JIT can be applied in the following areas of hospitals: central supply and materials management, in which it also hints at the concept of process orientation
Keywords :
economics; health care; logistics data processing; management; stock control; JIT application; central supply; cost containment efforts; health care system; hospital operators; just-in-time systems; logistics costs reduction; materials management; process orientation; process-oriented supply chain management; supplies delivery; total delivered cost reduction; Costs; Hospitals; Innovation management; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing industries; Medical services; Productivity; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technology management;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Management of Innovation and Technology, 2000. ICMIT 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6652-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICMIT.2000.916804
Filename :
916804
Link To Document :
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