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USE APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN SELECTION OF HEALTH SERVICES PRODUCTION CENTERS LOCATIONS IN THIQAR PROVINCE: CASE STUDY OF HOSPITALS

RaedFaiq Al hamdany, Dr. Ahmed KarimJassim

Volume: 8 Issue: 4 2018

Abstract:

The decision to choose the site is one of the important issues that have taken a strategic dimension and brought with it the attention of governments and industrial and service organizations whether at the international or local levels because of its direct impact on the organization's activities, goals, and strategy. The study aims to employ the applications of operations management in the selection of service location, especially in the public sector. The study adopted a quantitative approach to compare alternatives and find the optimal alternative through the use of some methods of operations management of site selection (center of gravity, loading distance), and focused on the proximity factor (the distance necessary to access the site) as a decisive factor to choose the site. The study ended with several results, the most important of which is that the city of Nasiriyah is the best alternative to choose the location of a new hospital compared to other cities because it is characterized by the smallest distance separated from other alternatives. The ideal location for the establishment of a new hospital in Dhi Qar province is in the north of the city of Nasiriyah, which is the location extracted by the center of gravity.

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