The activities below describe a patient check-in process with each number representing and activity or a buffer. Consider the following and feel free to use the attached drawing for reference. This is a stable process and there are 55 people per hour entering the process.
1. Buffer - 7 people waiting for registration
2. Registration - 2 minutes
3. Buffer - 34 people waiting for triage
4. Triage - 5 minutes
5. Buffer Prescription - 10 people waiting
6. Doctor Prescription - 5 minutes
6a. 90% of the patients go the doctor prescription route
7. Buffer Admit - 2 people waiting
8. Doctor Admit Only - 30 minutes
8a. 10% of the patients go the doctor admit route
a. Complete the Inventory, Throughput, and Flow time table as the process currently is described.
b. What is the current flow time for each type of patient in this process?
c. New information has come to light that 15% of the patients who are originally classified as prescription only are reclassified as admit and then return to the buffer for admit and then see the doctor as well. Revise the table to reflect this change.
d. What is the flow time for each type of patient in this process?