Resources Optimisation in New Hospital Central Kitchen Design
Team Member
- Dr. Malcolm Low (PI)
- ICT IWSP student: Chan Kian Ann
- Industry Partner(s): Woodlands Health Campus
Project Start & End Date
- May 2019 – May 2020
Channel of Collaboration and/or Funding
- Integrated Work Study Programme (IWSP)
Problem to Solve
- In the new Woodlands Hospital, how should the workflow of the central kitchen be designed so as to maximize its efficiency.
Solution and Notable Contribution
- Develop an automated staff roster planning system that generates staff duty schedule and assigns staff to workstations fairly based on their competency, availability and preference and the business rules of different polyclinics.
Publication
- Kian Ann Chan, Mack Jia Jia Pan, Beng Tee Chua, Xiu Ming Hu and Malcolm Yoke Hean Low, “Resources Optimisation in New Hospital Central Kitchen Design – A Discrete Event Simulation Approach”, In Proceedings of the 19th Asia Simulation Conference (AsiaSim 2019), pp. 251-259, 30 October – 1 November 2019, Singapore.
Media
Central Kitchen Process Flow
Central Kitchen Simulation Model
