Requirements planning systems in the health care environment
展示如何为休斯顿一家私立医院开发手术用品需求计划系统，将库存控制在支持手术排程所需的最低水平，并讨论了制造技术向医院转移的具体问题。
Abstract An important problem confronting health care administration is cost containment in hospitals. Much of the current high costs can be traced directly to outdated procedures in materials management leading to waste, excessive inventory and unnecessary obsolescence of expensive short shelf life items. In this paper, we illustrate how a modern requirements planning system for surgical supplies was developed for a private hospital in Houston and used to effectively hold inventory levels to the minimum required to support a detailed schedule of surgical procedures. We also discuss some specific problems involved in the transfer of manufacturing technology to the hospital setting.