Acute care is a level of health care in. which a patient is treated for a brief but. severe episode of illness,for conditions. that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acute. care is generally provided in a hospital. by a variety of clinical personnel using.
Under the lean manufacturing system, seven wastes are identified: overproduction, inventory, motion, defects, over-processing, waiting, and transport. Overproduction. The most serious of the wastes, overproduction can cause all other types of wastes and results in excess inventory.
A vast majority of industries use one or more of the following production types to cater to their business processes: 1  Discrete manufacturing, also known as Shop Floor Control (SFC). 2  Process manufacturing, also known as Production Planning for Process Industries (PP-PI). 3  Repetitive manufacturing (REM).