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

Author

Thomas M. Harkenrider

Date of Award

9-1991

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

Kevin P. Grant, PhD

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.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GLM-LSY-91S-27

DTIC Accession Number

ADA246788

Comments

The author's Vita page is omitted.

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Systems and Logistics of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science

Recommended Citation

Harkenrider, Thomas M., "Stockless Medical Materials Management: Applications for the United States Air Force Medical Service" (1991). Theses and Dissertations. 8164.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/8164