Throughput

“The Goal” by Eliyahu Goldratt is a surprisingly entertaining novel that tells the story of plant manager Alex Rogo and his journey to manufacturing productivity. After being transferred to the small town of Bearington, Alex discovers that his plant is a manufacturing disaster. Despite the fact that the company is equipped with all the latest technology and competent staff, almost all of their orders are delayed by weeks at a time, the plant is constantly running a loss, and everyone seems to be…

II. Introduction To formulate an efficient standard scheduling process model aimed to reduce the rate of no show and same day cancellation of appointments within the outpatient clinics of Northwestern Medicine’s Department of Medicine Medical Specialty Divisions, it is essential to conduct an appropriate literature review to identify root causes and understand the improvement processes of a scheduling model. As outpatient scheduling is an integral part of the operational efficiencies of a…

Although PacBio sequencing could generate much longer reads than SGS, the throughput is its weakness. There are 150,000 ZMWs on a single SMRT RSII cell, each of which could produce one polymerase read or CCS read. Typically, only 35,000~70,000 of 150,000 ZMWs on one cell could successfully produce reads due to either the failure to anchor a polymerase or loading more than one polymerase in a ZMW. Therefore, the typical throughput of the PacBio RS II system is about 0.5-1 billion bases (0.5-1 G)…

network simultaneously. Secondly, while 802.11n has multiple transmitters and receivers that would heighten the radio frequency (RF) and get a much better QoS performance. Third, it uses Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) to for higher speed for data throughput up to 300 Mbps. Fourth, user does not have to implement multiple access points (AP) and would have a high data range because of the improvement in the protocols and the use of multiple radios. Finally, it has a good functionality for…

1. One key concept from The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt was the Theory of Constraints. This theory stipulates that every firm has at least one factor or constraint that prevents them from achieving their goal – which is typically profit. The main constraints plaguing Alex Rogo’s factory were the bottlenecks. In this novel, Mr. Goldratt lists his five recommended steps for managing constraints. In order, the steps are: Step 1: Identify the system’s constraint - In this step, a manager must…

Introduction The Goal is a work of fiction that illustrates how manufacturing plants should (and should not) operate in order to maximize the success of the business. The book is told from the perspective of the manager of a manufacturing plant of the UniCo Corporation, Alex Rogo. The plant has been in a constant state of chaos since before Alex became the manager six months ago, as have many (if not all) of the other UniCo plants. Orders are constantly behind schedule, which eventually leads to…

The Goal The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox was an interesting read. The novel introduced many concepts that can be used to create success at work, home, in school and in life. In life we set goals and have expectations that we desire to seek and achieve, this should be done with the idea that we have to consistently and constantly make improvements. These improvements will help us achieve our goals. This novel is about a plant manager by the name of Alex Rogo who manages a plant for a…

On a daily basis, department managers track census data on the number of patients admitted, transferred, and discharged (known as throughput). The importance of this data allows the department administrator (Fields, R.) “to determine when you experience the biggest patient load and when that load drops off”. Also, “by tracking your patient census and reviewing it on a daily basis, you can determine which departments are overburdened, which times of year are the busiest and which departments are…

struggles to stay on budget is the Surgery Department. There are many components involved for a Surgery Department to run efficiently. In the April 2016 Nursing Management magazine it is stated that, “Hospitals work diligently to improve patient throughput,…

Throughput processes are the activities the group engages in. These sorts of activities end up transforming the inputs and turning them into something else by doing things with them. These processes include how the group works, the roles, rules, leadership, how the members handle conflict and what they do to solve it. Communication is the most important in throughput processes. One significant example of this in Remember the Titans…