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Workforce Management In Periodic Delivery Operations, Karen Smilowitz, Maciek Nowak, Tingting Jiang
Workforce Management In Periodic Delivery Operations, Karen Smilowitz, Maciek Nowak, Tingting Jiang
Information Systems and Operations Management: Faculty Publications & Other Works
Service quality and driver efficiency in the delivery industry may be enhanced by increasing the regularity with which a driver visits the same set of customers. However, effectively managing a workforce of drivers may increase travel distance, a traditional metric of the vehicle routing problem (VRP). This paper evaluates the effect that workforce management has on routing costs, providing insight for managerial decision making. The analysis is presented in the context of the period vehicle routing problem (PVRP), an extension of the VRP with vehicle routes constructed to service customers according to preset visit frequencies over an established period of …
The Role Of Supply Management In Achieving World-Class Manufacturing, Thomas Zeller
The Role Of Supply Management In Achieving World-Class Manufacturing, Thomas Zeller
School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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Personnel/Human Resources Management Issues Between 1927-1981: A Replication, G. Stephen Taylor, K. Dow Scott, Diana Deadrick
Personnel/Human Resources Management Issues Between 1927-1981: A Replication, G. Stephen Taylor, K. Dow Scott, Diana Deadrick
School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works
This study represents a historical analysis of personnel/human resource topics/issues of the last 55 years. The contents of 6,412 articles published in two journals are categorized and examined Issues that have either dominated the journals or have been neglected are identified, and the importance and origination of these issues are clarified by placing them in a historical context Methodological issues of this analysis are discussed
Trust Differences Between Blacks And Whites In An Organizational Setting, Dow Scott
Trust Differences Between Blacks And Whites In An Organizational Setting, Dow Scott
School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works
As increased numbers of blacks enter jobs from which they were formerly excluded, concerns about whether they can perform the work and interact successfully with peers, subordinates, and superiors have been expressed. This study examines a large organization that has been racially mixed through top management for over ten years. The author identifies and examines trust differences between black and white exempt employees (supervisors, managers and professionals) toward superiors, peers, and top management.