“S7. Capacity and Constraint Management”

 

6. You will have at the end of the page search result, please click on:

a. VideoCapacity Planning at Arnold Palmer Hospital

b. Watch the video

After watching the video, please respond to the below:

Discuss the following:

What approach is being taken by Arnold Palmer Hospital toward matching capacity to demand? 

( Note: The demand is growing steadily at Arnold Palmer Hospital.  The Video and the Case write-up in the chapter describes what management did in the short run and long run to increase the capacity, measured as # of beds and births per year. )

...... and what can the hospital management do in their planning function to ensure effective utilization of the facility and resources? 

Original post (200 words) by Friday Sept. 15 midnight (3 points).