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Capacity planning with working time accounts in services

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  • A Corominas

    (Technical University of Catalonia)

  • J Olivella

    (Technical University of Catalonia)

  • R Pastor

    (Technical University of Catalonia)

Abstract

This paper presents, formalizes and classifies working time accounts (WTAs), a means of achieving flexible production capacity through the flexible organization of working time. We propose linear programming models to plan working time, using WTA, at companies in the service industry. A computational experiment shows that the models can be solved for any capacity planning problems of reasonable size.

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  • A Corominas & J Olivella & R Pastor, 2010. "Capacity planning with working time accounts in services," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 61(2), pages 321-331, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:61:y:2010:i:2:d:10.1057_jors.2008.166
    DOI: 10.1057/jors.2008.166
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