Posted: September 13th, 2017
8-1 Two types of visits are provided by the Durham Health Clinic, first-time visits and return visits. Table 8-5provides the processing time for each work station and the available staff hours per week. Determine the production frontiers for this clinic and indicate which station should be expanded to increase the overall capacity of the clinic. Which service station could be reduced?
Work station | Time estimates (hours)
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First Visit | Return Visit | |
Reception/discharge | 0.25 | 0.12 |
Nursing and testing | 0.40 | 0.38 |
Medical exam and treatment | 0.50 | 0.25 |
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b. How many employees by type will the clinic need if it signs the contract for pre-employment physicals?
c. If return visits shift to 10% of all regular visits, how many employees by type will the clinic need with and without the contract for pre-employment physicals?
d. How will the answers to “b” and “c” change if the number of physicals is modified to 35 pre-employment physicals per week?
Throughout these analyses, specify all assumptions, including assumptions concerning worker productivity
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