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Labor Flexibility in Multiechelon Dual-Constraint Job Shops

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  • John S. Frye

    (University of South Carolina)

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In this paper a simulation study of the effects of labor flexibility on the performance of a multiechelon dual-constraint job shop is described. Machines and workers are constraining resources in the hypothetical shop. The organizational structure of the shop consists of divisions comprised of work centers that contain machines and workers. There are fewer workers than machines. Independent variables are interdivisional and intradivisional labor flexibility. Mean flow-time, flow-time variance and worker transfers between divisions and work centers are used as measures of shop performance. Labor flexibility is shown to have a major effect on shop performance. The effectiveness of interdivisional labor flexibility as a management variable is found to be concentrated in the region of high flexibility while intradivisional labor flexibility is most effective in the region of low flexibility.

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  • John S. Frye, 1974. "Labor Flexibility in Multiechelon Dual-Constraint Job Shops," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 20(7), pages 1073-1080, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:20:y:1974:i:7:p:1073-1080
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.20.7.1073
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    1. Kher, Hemant V. & Malhotra, Manoj K. & Philipoom, Patrick R. & Fry, Timothy D., 1999. "Modeling simultaneous worker learning and forgetting in dual resource constrained systems," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 115(1), pages 158-172, May.
    2. Xu, J. & Xu, X. & Xie, S.Q., 2011. "Recent developments in Dual Resource Constrained (DRC) system research," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 215(2), pages 309-318, December.
    3. Federica Costa & Alberto Portioli-Staudacher, 2021. "Labor flexibility integration in workload control in Industry 4.0 era," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 420-433, December.

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