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Design Validation

Our design validation tool can help ensure that your new space will operate as intended before you even start construction. We introduce the variation you experience daily into our system validation analysis, which leads to results that are more accurate than simple averages.

Challenge

Sometimes a process looks good on paper, but might not function as expected. When there are a number of variables in play, each with a distinct variation distribution, it can be difficult to predict how a system will react. In this case, Array designed an outpatient surgery center’s process utilizing universal prep and recovery rooms.

Solution

Array used a simulation study to determine whether the newly designed process was optimal and whether the number of rooms was adequate for the volume of patients the outpatient spinal surgery center hopes to serve. Basing the process design on efficient practices leads to an easier implementation of optimized productive workflows, staff movement and patient routing.