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A joint problem of strategic workforce planning and fleet renewal: With an application in defense

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  • Turan, Hasan Hüseyin
  • Jalalvand, Fatemeh
  • Elsawah, Sondoss
  • Ryan, Michael J.

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Reductions in defense expenditure require holistic and coordinated planning of two critical and interconnected defense capabilities, namely a fleet of assets and the workforce required. In this paper, we model and solve a joint problem of strategic workforce planning and fleet renewal in a military context. The joint problem studied involves addressing a trade-off among several costs (e.g., workforce, maintenance, operating, etc.) and operational readiness (availability) of the fleet. To make such trade-offs, the decisions associated with workforce planning (i.e., the recruitment and the career progression of the workforce) and fleet renewal (i.e., the timing of asset replacements) strategies have to be simultaneously considered and optimized. We develop a simulation-optimization approach by coupling a system dynamics (SD) simulation model and a genetic algorithm (GA) to solve the joint problem. In the developed approach, the GA generates candidate workforce planning and fleet renewal strategies to find the best joint strategy. Then, the candidate workforce planning and renewal strategies are passed to the SD model which simulates both the career progression of the workforce and the life-cycle of assets to evaluate the total cost. We illustrate the applicability and effectiveness of the joint model on a realistic case study motivated by the recent modernization efforts of the Royal Australian Navy. The results obtained indicate that this approach leads to a considerable cost reduction and identifies the causes of inferior performance. We also test the robustness of the optimized strategies under uncertainty by sensitivity and scenario discovery analyses to infer further insights.

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  • Turan, Hasan Hüseyin & Jalalvand, Fatemeh & Elsawah, Sondoss & Ryan, Michael J., 2022. "A joint problem of strategic workforce planning and fleet renewal: With an application in defense," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 296(2), pages 615-634.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:296:y:2022:i:2:p:615-634
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2021.04.010
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