%0 Journal Article
	%A Lina Al-Qatawneh and  Abdallah Abdallah and  Salam Zalloum
	%D 2013
	%J International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 77, 2013
	%T Reducing Stock-out Incidents at a Hospital Using Six Sigma
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14055
	%V 77
	%X In managing healthcare logistics, cost is not the only
factor to be considered. The level of items- criticality used in patient
care services plays an important role as well. A stock-out incident of
a high critical item could threaten a patient's life. In this paper, the
DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) methodology is
used to drive improvement projects based on customer driven critical
to quality characteristics at a Jordanian hospital. This paper shows
how the application of Six Sigma improves the performance of the
case hospital logistics system by reducing the number of stock-out
incidents.
	%P 1166 - 1173