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Hospital logistics at the service of caregivers and patients

Authors: Guillaume ECKERLEIN, Nathalie SAMPIERI-TEISSIER

Publication date: July 10, 2022

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3. The nature of flows and their constraints

To manage the flows of any organization, it is essential to understand the context in which this management takes place, in order to draw the best possible conclusions. performance. The aim is to optimize logistics operations, reduce costs, accelerate flows and ensure continuity (avoid breaks) and fluidity (avoiding logistical overcapacity) of flows, in the service of end-users. To achieve this, a number of parameters need to be taken into account: the variety of flows, product volumes, weights and sizes, predictability of consumption and market constraints, product fragility and traffic constraints.

3.1 The variety of medical and non-medical flows

To function, a hospital needs a multitude of material...

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