Industrial engineering into healthcare – A comprehensive review

ABSTRACT

The industrial engineering and management principles are predominantly used in different application domains, but the healthcare sector has a potential scope in adopting them. The applications of various industrial engineering aspects such as Toyota Lean System, six sigma, reliability, quality assurance, and process capability tools and techniques into the healthcare sector have been compiled in this work. Industrial engineering concepts have been widely used in manufacturing and the service sector to improve reliability, efficiency, productivity, quality, and safety of systems, with considerable focus in healthcare systems. This work comprehends the various works of applications of industrial engineering to address the efficiency and effectiveness problems in healthcare industry. This work serves as a ready reference not only for the healthcare practitioners but also for various journal authors, reviewers, and editors, as it gives an up-to-date access to works of various facets of industrial engineering applications in the healthcare domain.

KEYWORDS:

• Healthcare
• six-sigma
• process capability
• lean thinking
• industrial engineering

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Notes on contributors

G.V.S.S. Sharma

G.V.S.S. Sharma is currently working as Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, India. He is a mechanical engineer with double post graduate in the fields of Tool Design and CAD/CAM. He pursued his Ph.D. from GITAM Deemed to be University of Visakhapatnam in India, in the field of Process Capability. He hold 7 years of industrial experience and 12 years of teaching experience. He has his research papers published in several popular indexed journals.

C.L.V.R.S.V. Prasad

C.L.V.R.S.V. Prasad is currently working as Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at GMR Institute of Technology, India. He is presently serving as Principal of the Institute. He has obtained Ph.D. from Andhra University of Visakhapatnam in India. He holds more than 25 years of experience in the teaching profession. He has successfully guided more than 2 research scholars for attaining their Ph.D. degrees and has his research papers published in several popular indexed journals.

M. Srinivasa Rao

M. Srinivasa Rao is currently working as Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, India. He is a mechanical engineer with post graduate in the fields of Indutrial Engineering. He pursued his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology of Kharagpur in India, in the field of Reliability. He holds 21 years of teaching experience. He has his research papers published in several popular indexed journals.