The National Health Service (NHS) is the world’s largest public health body, providing “free at point of use” healthcare to the UK’s 60 Million citizens. In 2005 one of the regional bodies within NHS, Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board in Scotland, carried out a strategic review of emergency and unscheduled care, and the processes that [...]

Introduction A company specializing in automated storage/retrieval systems (ASRS) engineered a new type of motor to drive a vehicle on a rail system. The company’s main customer base consisted of warehouses and distribution centers that retrieved orders manually by fork truck or by hand. By installing an ASRS with this new type of motor, the [...]