The case describes the use of linen at the Apollo hospitals. Dr Ananth N Rao, head of quality at the Apollo hospitals thought that the expense of linen management could be optimized using mathematical programming techniques which may have a significant effect on the hospital's bottom line.
Managing Linen at Apollo Hospitals Case Study Solution
Each bed in the hospital is given two bed sheets as well as a pillow cover; yet, there was 2% added usage of linen owing to various reasons including linen becoming dirty, wet, etc. Apollo hospital keeps a safety stock of linen for just two days and any linen sent for washing is returned on day d+2. The aim will be to develop a mathematical programming model to minimize the overall cost of linen direction.
PUBLICATION DATE: January 30, 2015 PRODUCT #: IMB495-HCB-ENG
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