Empirical comparison of just-in-time and stockless materiel management systems in the health care industry.
Despite the limitations, this study is the first comparative empirical investigation of two relatively new materiel management systems applied in hospitals. The results show that hospital managers have significantly rated the possibility that more effective use of some materiel management resources can be achieved by adopting either a JIT or stockless system over conventional materiel management systems.
College of Business, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.
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D017046:Cost Savings; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006750:Hospital Distribution Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013995:Time; D014481:United States