The Chiemsee Knee Replacement Clinic (CKRC) is a sports clinic located at t he northern edge of the German Alps. It specializes in knee replacements for skiers who CKRC from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and italy. The clinic currently has one the operating room (OR, However, since the clinic has dramatially more demand than capacity, s in a second OR. A lean consulting firm, however, suggests that before going ahead with installing new capacity, the clinic should first look at how it uses its existing capacity. The data collected by the consulting firm reveal that:
The OR is available for 12 hours a day; the hospital has decided to not perform any procedures between 7pr
The standard procedure time for the knee surgery done at the clinic is 66 minutes. and 7am. This time is equally divided across three surgeons sekeeping that needs to happen after each procedure takes 21 minutes.
Almost all of this time could be saved if the cleaning crew were notified earlier 10 minutes are spent on patient preparation /anesthesia work before each procedure. (Note: this is not part of the procedure time). Proposals have been evaluated to move these 10 minutes to outside the OR, and there exists no medical reason that would prohibit doing this . A surgeon only starts a case if all of the work associated with the case (preparation, procedure, and cleaning) can be completed in the dh allotted to each surgeon. Surgeons never start before their allotted time. -Though the clinic aims to operate 7 days a week, holidays, vacation, and construction time lead to an average of 2 days a week that the OR cannot be used at all.
What is the OEE of the operating room (in percentage and keep 2 decimal).?
Assume a 12h window in which the OR could be used.