Understanding the traits of Medicine Dispensing Cups and Introducing Circular Economy Concept
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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2022
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Bekal, Abheesht
Balakrishnan, Amal
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Sammanfattning
In hospitals, medicine cups are regarded as consumables. Due to the fact that nurses
handle medication cups on a daily basis in hospitals, homecare facilities, and nursing
homes, it is crucial to comprehend their opinions on how the cups should be used
and how well they work. This study provides a thorough overview of the processes
involved in the usage of medicine cups in hospitals, from their distribution through
their eventual disposal. Additionally, it provides a summary of the preferences
that the business may use to examine the product’s attributes and design from the
perspective of its target market. Sustainability has evolved into a crucial factor to
take into account in practically all of the items we encounter every day. Currently
to oblige with the sustainability factors, company is manufacturing medicine cups
with sustainable raw materials. The thesis focus on how these medicine cups can
be reused as part of implementing circularity. The option of circularity for medicine
cups is identified and varieties of variables are studied. The authors of this thesis
have reviewed different frameworks and concepts from circular business models and
selected a business model that can achieve circularity for the company.
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DMAIC , Circularity , Medicine Cups , Nurses