In what specific ways can hospitals improve their collaboration with key vendors, such as the large distributors in food services, pharmacy, and medical supplies? What type of data could be shared that would help improve the overall supply chain?

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Langabeer, J. R. (2008). Health care operations management: A quantitative approach to business and logistics. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

WEEK 7: Classifying, Managing, and Collaborating

Please answer the following questions:

EXERCISE PROBLEMS CHAPTER 13

1.

Assume the following time series data:

Is there a trend you can observe in the data? What is it called?

2.If a product has utilization of 50 in period 0 and has a slope of 10 each subsequent period, what is the expected forecasted value in period 2?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CHAPTER 14

1. In what specific ways can hospitals improve their collaboration with key vendors, such as the large distributors in food services, pharmacy, and medical supplies? What type of data could be shared that would help improve the overall supply chain?

2. Has VICS had much of an impact on health care? On which part of the chain?

3. Sales and operations planning is a process adapted from industrial and manufacturing settings. How can it be applied to hospitals?