Scheduling a workforce under annualized hours

Authors
Hung, R
Citation
R. Hung, Scheduling a workforce under annualized hours, INT J PROD, 37(11), 1999, pp. 2419-2427
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering Management /General
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
ISSN journal
00207543 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2419 - 2427
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7543(19990720)37:11<2419:SAWUAH>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Annualized hours is a new idea in aggregate planning for seasonal businesse s. Many manufacturing and services organizations in Europe have successfull y used annualized hours to meet fluctuating demand. However, literature on scheduling a workforce under annualized hours is lacking. We fill this void by showing how to schedule workers over the year under a practical annuali zed hours scenario. The proposed scheduling algorithm is surprisingly simpl e.