Optimizing the number of medical devices based on the total cost of ownership; A case study at Siemens Healthcare Nederland B.V.

How to determine the optimal number of devices in a hospital’s portfolio of equipment over a multiple period time horizon, when taking the total costs of owning the equipment into account, and how will the optimization influence the number of devices in the portfolio of equipment and the associated total costs of ownership, of a Dutch hospital that has a MES contract with Siemens?