Efficient materiel handling and distribution: a design perspective.
This article offers a condensed examination of facility design and the interface between owners, hospital managers, and architects in planning for hospital materiel handling and storage needs. A brief history is given of the evolution of materiel management and progress today in efficient ordering, storing, distributing, and inventory and billing. The article closes with a discussion of work redesign and personnel vs. equipment concerns. Two case studies exemplify similar goals from different approaches.
Earl Swensson Associates, Nashville, TN.
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D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000592:standards*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000592:standards; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007629:Kentucky; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013714:Tennessee