Abstract
Quantitative methods is an important tool for a wide range of logistic processes, particularly in stock management operations such as handling and storage. Especially in a Hospital, in which it is essential to a good supply of materials and medicines that guarantee the agility required in meeting the demands of patients. The objective of the present work is to understand the process of separation and distribution of materials and medicines within a hospital storeroom and use quantitative methods for optimizing management and routing of its activities aimed at reduce the time of path between the stockroom to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Surgery, Nursery and adult Intensive Care Unit of Hospital MPMP. For this, a literature search and a case study in a Hospital. The article presents a suggestion of improvement of routing and optimization of distribution processes, using Microsoft Solver. Which might verify that the implementation of this procedure is quite simple and the Hospital can deploy it with confidence that improvements will occur at the service level.
Highlights
The applications of quantitative methods may play an important role in addressing the issue of materials handling and storage
This paper presents a case study of separation processes and distribution of materials and medicines in a storeroom for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Surgery, Nursery and Adult ICU, considered the most critical areas of the Hospital MPMP
The present study had as purpose to analyze the importance of the application of quantitative methods in inventory management, whose methodology was characterized by the application of a case study in the MPMP Hospital
Summary
The applications of quantitative methods may play an important role in addressing the issue of materials handling and storage. The Organization and specialization of production activities result in surplus production that requires storage to ensure the integrity of the products. Polls show that the optimization of the logistics operations in warehouses represents vast improvement to the logistic processes (BAKER; CANESSA, 2009; GU, et al, 2007; ZHANGA; LAIB, 2010). With respect to internal logistics material handling of a warehouse is defined by Bowersox et al (2006) as an activity of paramount importance to the Organization, as it involves from the receipt and storage of the product to your customer, dispatch rescue always seeking the lowest cost for the operation. Luna et al (2011) States that the distribution of items within the warehouse, the types of equipment for handling and warehouse setting interfere directly in its operations
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