Abstract
This paper presents some mathematical models that deal with the planning of the workforce requirement on continuous production lines to react with changes in production rates in order to meet sudden changes in product's demand. Norms for operation times and workers production rates are normally set by management based on the design capacity of the production line. The models presented in this paper can assist management in evaluating the workforce needed to react to the changes in production required over the normal production volume in order to satisfy any sudden changes in product demand, especially for short term planning. Cost aspects and analysis are also considered to include the profitability impact of workforce scheduling according to any adopted new production plan. It is expected that these models will provide management with powerful tools to alleviate the effect of any disturbances that may occur due to sudden changes in production plans, and thereby maximizing profitability.
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