Assignment - Capacity Planning at Arnold Palmer Hospital
Review Case Study of Capacity Planning at Arnold Palmer Hospital and prepare a comprehensive case summary.
Your case summary must include each of the following requirements:
Summarize the relevant background information from the case.
Identify the business problem or challenge that the organization faces.
Comment on the appropriateness of the actions taken by the organization.
Provide at least two recommendations that would improve efficiencies. Base your recommendations on the weekly chapter content.
Ans response to the following Discussion Questions:
1. Given the capacity planning discussion in the text , what approach is being taken by Arnold Palmer Hospital toward matching capacity to demand?
2. What kind of major changes could take place in Arnold Palmer Hospital's demand forecast that would leave the hospital with an underutilized facility (namely, what are the risks connected with this capacity decision)?
3. Use regression analysis to forecast the point at which Svrdnic4 needs to "build out" the top two floors of the new build, namely, when demand will exceed 16,000 births.