A Local Hospital Studies the Manufacturing Processes and Quality Control

Multiple Choice

A local hospital studies the manufacturing processes and quality control mechanisms applied in the automotive industry in an effort to improve its own service quality. By analyzing work processes to find unnecessary steps to eliminate and using teams to identify and address problems as soon as they occur, this hospital could do all of the following EXCEPT

A) increase inventories of wheelchairs.
B) slash patient waiting times.
C) ready operating rooms sooner.
D) move patients through their hospital visit more quickly.
E) move patients through their hospital visit with fewer errors.