Abstract
Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) has been used extensively in manufacturing and other industries to improve on-time delivery and to reduce costs. In this paper, we illustrate how an MRP-type system was developed to monitor surgical linen at a large teaching hospital. We also describe a bar-code scanning 'tag and recapture' study to estimate total inventory. The hospital implemented several changes based upon our recommendations that resulted in time savings and a smoother flow of materials throughout the surgical linen supply chain.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 63-71 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Medical Systems |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2001 |
Keywords
- MRP
- Supply chain management
- Surgical linen