SimLean: utilising simulation in the implementation of lean in healthcare

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2011.12.029zbMath1244.90266OpenAlexW2093973224MaRDI QIDQ439641

Stewart Robinson, Nicola Burgess, Zoe J. Radnor, Claire Worthington

Publication date: 16 August 2012

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/20666/1/SimLean%20utilising%20simulation%20in%20the%20implementation%20of%20lean%20in%20healthcare.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

discrete-event simulationOR in health services\texttt{SimLean}

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-04)

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Uses Software

• SIMUL8
• NVIVO

Cites Work

• Concerning the theory of workload control
• Application of discrete-event simulation in health care clinics: A survey
• Forty years of discrete-event simulation—a personal reflection
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• OR and the challenge to improve the NHS: modelling for insight and improvement in in-patient flows
• Using simulation to improve the blood supply chain
• Simulation modelling in healthcare: reviewing legacies and investigating futures
• Perspectives on the Evolution of Simulation
• Quantifying benefits of conversion to lean manufacturing with discrete event simulation: A case study
• Discrete-event simulation: from the pioneers to the present, what next?

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