Stockless Medical Materials Management: Applications for the United States Air Force Medical Service

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study stockless materials management in an effort to determine if it could improve the Air Force Medical Service's supply operations. The main result of this study was a decision support system (DSS) that would evaluate potential savings if stockless materials management were implemented in an Air Force medical treatment facility (MTF). In the process of developing the DSS, stockless materials management was studied in civilian hospitals that had previously converted to stockless materials management. Data included facility bed size, annual medical supply purchases, pre and post stockless medical supply full time equivalents (FTEs), pre and post stockless official inventory and pre and post stockless warehouse requirements. Statistical analysis, in the form of linear regression was then performed on the sample data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA246788

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  • Thomas M. Harkenrider

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Data Science
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  • Decision Support Systems
  • Health Care
  • Health Care Facilities
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Mathematical Models
  • Medical Personnel
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
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