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dc.contributorDellaert, Nico
dc.contributor.authorSerrano Benjumea, Nuria
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T16:41:27Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T16:41:27Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/11210
dc.description.abstractThe continuous increasing of costs and the limited budgets is translated into a significant operative pressure for the hospitals. This sector has to deal with patient and material flows every day. Trying not to impair patient care, several healthcare centres have invested in the development of an infrastructure for supply chain and logistics technology since logistics’ improvements are translated into quality improvements (Bakker, 2004). Nowadays, firms are increasingly thinking in terms of competing as part of a supply chain against other supply chains, rather than as a single firm against other individual firms and a good opportunity for improvement is through a better cooperation with their suppliers and customers (Silver, Pyke, & Peterson, 1998). During the 1990’s companies start realizing of the benefits of outsourcing part of the logistics processes to an external service provider. The challenge for Third-Party Logistics providers is to provide their customers with services that add more value to their customers’ business than the customers would be able to achieve themselves. In this way, the service provider tries to improve the supply chain, for example, by introducing cross-docking facilities to eliminate unnecessary storage of inventories, or by redesigning the distribution network to optimize customer service levels. In this thesis it is done an investigation within a hospital –Franciscus Ziekenhuis- in collaboration with a Third-Party Logistics Service –Jan de Rijk Logistics. There are two main parts in this thesis: The first one is designated to understand and analyze the current situation and in the second one different possibilites of improvement are developed by using a third party logistics service. From the outcome of these analyses, the reader can realize of the current bottlenecks in the supply chain, the products and procedures that impact mostly the total costs for the hospital and the trends of improvement in short and long term.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya
dc.publisherTechnische Universiteit Eindhoven
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subjectÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la salut::Aspectes econòmics
dc.subjectÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions::Modelització de transports i logística
dc.subject.lcshHospitals -- Materials management
dc.subject.lcshBusiness logistics -- Contracting out
dc.titleFinding out opportunities in Franciscus Ziekenhuis. The influence of a third-party logistics service within the supply chain.
dc.typeMaster thesis (pre-Bologna period)
dc.subject.lemacHospitals -- Gestió de compres
dc.subject.lemacLogística (Indústria) -- Contractació externa
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.audience.educationlevelEstudis de primer/segon cicle
dc.audience.mediatorEscola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona
dc.audience.degreeENGINYERIA INDUSTRIAL (Pla 1994)
dc.description.mobilityOutgoing


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