Balancing flexibility and inventory in workforce planning with learning

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• 作者：Silviya Valeva^a ; ^{silviya-valeva@uiowa.edu} ; Mike Hewitt^b ; ^{mhewitt2@luc.edu} ; Barrett W. Thomas^c ; ^{barrett-thomas@uiowa.edu} ; Kenneth G. Brown^d ; ^{kenneth-g-brown@uiowa.edu}
• 关键词：Workforce planning ; Learning ; Stochastic programming
• 刊名：International Journal of Production Economics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：183
• 期：part_PA
• 页码：194-207
• 全文大小：642 K
• 卷排序：183

文摘

Model the use of inventory and cross training to buffer demand uncertainty. Show cross training increases as demand uncertainty increases. Demonstrate that worker practice increases as inventory holding costs increase. Show that less experienced workers are assigned to practice.