SimLean: utilising simulation in the implementation of lean in healthcare

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2011.12.029MaRDI QIDQ439641zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stewart Robinson, Zoe J. Radnor, Nicola Burgess, 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

OR in health servicesdiscrete-event simulation\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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Cites work

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

Cited in

(9)

• PartiSim: a multi-methodology framework to support facilitated simulation modelling in healthcare
• Distributed simulation: state-of-the-art and potential for operational research
• SimLean
• A lean approach to healthcare management using multi criteria decision making
• Can involving clients in simulation studies help them solve their future problems? A transfer of learning experiment
• Use of a discrete-event simulation in a Kaizen event: a case study in healthcare
• Lean thinking in lean times for education
• Facets of trust in simulation studies
• Towards fully-facilitated discrete event simulation modelling: addressing the model coding stage

Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• SIMUL8
• NVIVO

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