A case study of single shift planning and scheduling under annualized hours: A simple three-step approach

In the current economic and industrial conditions, with demand ever fluctuating, designing a timetable to define a work schedule for each employee is not an easy task. Moreover due to legal and cost constraints, it is not always possible to engage and dismiss the employees according to the production requirement. In this paper, a three-step method is presented assigning the daily work for full-time employees working on one shift. It takes into account a set of legal constraints (such as holiday arrangements) and it guarantees that the defined workforce is minimal, assuming that employees are able to perform their tasks.