Research Article

Service Capacity Reserve under Uncertainty by Hospital’s ER Analogies: A Practical Model for Car Services

Table 5

95% confidence intervals.
(a)

DescriptionInput variableMeanStandard error95% Confidence intervals
Lower limitUpper limit

Elective demandED147,8594,32304139,305156,414
Nonelective demandNED13,36720,82401211,736614,9978

Total demandTV161,3284,51834152,286170,168

(b)

DescriptionInput variableSigmaLower limitUpper limit

Elective demandED48,909643,562855,7652
Nonelective demandNED9,322638,3034810,6294

Total demandTV51,119245,530858,2845

(c)

Output variableOutput variableMeanStandard errorLower limitUpper limit

Capacity reserve cost for all
nonelective demands (€)
CAPRNED11861,144,51852,311869,96
CAPRNED22122,645,152112,542132,74
Cost of an empty work bay (€)CEW134,260,0634,1434,39
CEW239,070,0738,9339,21
Efficiency per vehicle in service (%)EFCvh10,350,0010,340,35
EFCvh20,360,0010,360,37
Cost of purchased parts (€)PartCost1402,270,76400,79403,75
PartCost2458,650,86456,96460,34
Average profit per vehicle in the workshop (€)PFunit1120,830,37120,11121,56
PFunit2137,820,42136,99138,65
Monthly workshop total cost (€)TExp1411,180,76409,69412,66
TExp2468,830,86467,14470,52

(d)

Output variableOutput variableSigmaLower limitUpper limit

Capacity reserve cost for all
nonelective demands (€)
CAPRNED1450,33444,18456,66
CAPRNED2515,21508,17522,45
Cost of an empty work bay (€)CEW16,316,226,4
CEW27,27,17,3
Efficiency per vehicle in service(%)EFCvh10,250,240,25
EFCvh20,240,240,25
Cost of purchased parts (€)PartCost175,5474,5176,6
PartCost286,2285,0487,43
Average profit per vehicle in the workshop(€)PFunit13736,4937,52
PFunit242,2941,7142,88
Monthly workshop total cost (€)TExp175,7174,6876,78
TExp286,4285,2487,64