Workforce planning in a lotsizing mail processing problem

DOI10.1016/J.COR.2004.04.011zbMATH Open1090.90529OpenAlexW1980832948MaRDI QIDQ1781576FDOQ1781576

Authors: Pedro Martins, Jacinto Nunes, Joaquim J. Júdice 

Publication date: 27 June 2005

Published in: Computers \& Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4622

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zbMATH Keywords

Mixed integer programmingWorkforce schedulingBatching decision processPostal service

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35) Mixed integer programming (90C11)

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Cited In (8)

• Workforce planning at USPS mail processing and distribution centers using stochastic optimization
• Review of models and methodology for scheduling problems in USPS mail processing and distribution centres
• Workforce planning in the printing industry
• Generating labor requirements and rosters for mail handlers using simulation and optimization
• Equipment scheduling problem under disruptions in mail processing and distribution centres
• Efficient shift scheduling in the retail sector through two-stage optimization
• A three-phase matheuristic for the packaging and shipping problem
• Equipment Selection and Machine Scheduling in General Mail Facilities

Uses Software

• CPLEX
• bc-prod

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