Material Distribution and Transportation in a Norwegian Hospital: A Case Study

Giuseppe Ismael Fragapane; Aili Biriita Bertnum; Hans Henrik Hvolby; Jan Ola Strandhagen

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.316

Material Distribution and Transportation in a Norwegian Hospital: A Case Study

Giuseppe Ismael Fragapane, Aili Biriita Bertnum, Hans Henrik Hvolby, Jan Ola Strandhagen

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Abstract

Automated Guided Vehicles have shown significant importance in material transportation and distribution in today's hospitals. The increasing trends of shorter hospital stays and increase of treatments and surgeries in clinics, present new challenges for the supply of goods. The rise in patients in hospitals, and consequently the increase of treatments and surgeries, cause a growth of material usage and goods movement. This study used the Control Model methodology to analyze the material and information flow within the case hospital. Information sharing and integration is still a major issue in the case hospital. The study aims to stimulate further research in material handling and distribution in hospitals.

Original language	English
Book series	IFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume	51
Issue number	11
Pages (from-to)	352-357
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1474-6670
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.316
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018
Event	16th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing INCOM 2018 - Bergamo, Italy Duration: 11 Jun 2018 → 13 Jun 2018

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Conference	16th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing INCOM 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bergamo
Period	11/06/2018 → 13/06/2018

Keywords

Automated Guided Vehicles Systems
Control Model
Hospital Logistics

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