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Quiz #7 ( For May 5, 2021; to be sent until 4:00 pm)

Name : mohamed sobhy attia attia hagag UG_id :201779

1. There have been a number of changes in medical process technology that have had a huge impact on the way healthcare operations manage themselves. In particular, telemedicine has challenged one of the most fundamental assumptions of medical treatment – that medical staf need to be physically present to examine and diagnose a patient. No longer; webconnected devices are now able to monitor an individual’s health-related data and communicate the information to healthcare professionals located anywhere in the world. Medical staf are alerted to changing conditions as they occur, and provided with a status report of a person’s health so that the appropriate care can be administered. Telemedicine generally refers to the use of communications and information technologies for the delivery of clinical care. Formally, telemedicine is the ability to provide interactive healthcare utilizing modern technology and telecommunications. It allows patients to virtually ‘visit’ with physicians, sometimes live maybe using video links, sometimes automatically in the case of an emergency, sometimes where patient data are stored and sent to physicians for diagnosis and follow-up treatment at a later time. What do you think are the implications of telemedicine on how healthcare operations can be managed? Answer : I think Telemedicine has allowed for healthcare providers to efectively connect with their patients by phone, email, and webcam, providing quickness and convenience on both sides of the health care experience as well we can say the telemedicine has a lot of benefits like improve efficiency and lower health care costs through fewer hospital admissions, shorter hospital stays, reduced travel times, and improved management of chronic diseases, but still, we have an of Challenges and concerns regarding how the healthcare operations it can be done by Telemedicine because

some operations it required to be done physical visit because difficulty diagnosing When a primary care provider can’t examine a patient firsthand, there is the potential to miss certain signs and symptoms, which can lead to an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis.

2. Adam Munson Manufacturing, in Gainesville, Florida, wants to arrange its four work centers so as to minimize interdepartmental parts handling costs. The flows and existing facility layout are shown in Figures below. For example, to move a part from Work Center A to Work Center C is a 60-foot movement distance. It is 90 feet from A to D.

Provide an improved layout and compute its movement cost. Answer: First calculate the current Total movement  Center A = (450*30) +(550*60)+(50*90)= = 51,000  Center B= (350*30)+ (200*30)= = 16500  Center c = (750*30)= = 22,500 total movement will be 90,000 feet Second New improved layout

B

A

C

D

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B A

A

450

B

350

C

D

Total movement / feet

550

50

(450*30) +(550*30)+(50*60)=33000

200

C

750

(350*30) +(200*60) = (750*90) = 22500

22500

D total movement has been decrease in new improved layout to be 78,000 feet

7 8000

3. The operations manager of a specialist company assembling seabed monitors that recorded pollution levels had a dilemma. ‘At the moment, we are producing around 40 seabed monitoring stations per year using what is basically a fixed position layout. However, as volume increases over the next few years, we could move over to using a cell layout with two cells, one for use assembling monitors for tropical waters and one for colder waters. We know that the fixed costs associated with our current layout are ∈20,000 per year and the variable cost ∈380 per unit. Using a cell layout, we think that the fixed cost per year will be ∈35,000 per year, but it could be as high as ∈40,000 or as low as ∈30,000 per year. We are clearer on the variable cost, which we are fairly sure will be ∈60 per unit.’ How much would the company’s volume need to increase to be certain that the cell layout would be less costly? Answer : -

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First you should calculate the total cost for current fixed position layout : = 20,000+(380*40)= 35,200 euro Average total cost per unit =35200/40=880 euro Second how much the company volume need to increase to be certain that the cell layout would be less costly? 20,000+380 T= 35000+60T 15000=320T T = 46,8 unit Total cost for new cell layout = 35000+(46.8*60)= 37808 euro

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Average total cost per unit =37808 /46.8=807.8 euro...