Mylab Operations Management With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For Operations Management: Sustainability And Supply Chain Management (13th Edition)
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Chapter 9, Problem 1.1VC
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AP hospital is looking for expanding their capacity as the existing facility is not enough anymore. The new hospital will have a new circular pod design makin the layout more efficient than before.
The new hospital also has servicescape design features. integrated into its hospital design. They have redesigned the hospital so that the walking distance between the different rooms have been significantly minimized. They have also modified the neonatal rooms.
To identify: The many variables that hospital needs to consider.
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