misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months agoLondon hospital cuts waiting lists with innovative systemwww.thetimes.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
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minus-squareincogtino@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·11 months agoI find these articles interesting as it seems that non-manufacturing contexts rediscover manufacturing principles constantly Your critical path includes surgeons, your surgeons are a bottleneck, having minimal but non-zero prepped patients available is an inventory buffer
minus-squaretaladar@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAmdahl’s Law from Computer Science and similar concepts would apply here as well. It seems sharing some of these concepts across domains would be useful in general.
I find these articles interesting as it seems that non-manufacturing contexts rediscover manufacturing principles constantly
Your critical path includes surgeons, your surgeons are a bottleneck, having minimal but non-zero prepped patients available is an inventory buffer
Amdahl’s Law from Computer Science and similar concepts would apply here as well. It seems sharing some of these concepts across domains would be useful in general.