Contingent manpower planning in a high clock speed industry

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2051-2072

  Bhatnagar, Rohit ^a,b   Saddikutti, Venkatramanaiah ^b   Rajgopalan, Anand ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Contingent manpower planning; Labour contracting; Production planning

Indexed keywords

COSTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CONTINGENT MANPOWER PLANNING; LABOR CONTRACTING; PRODUCTION PLANNING;

MANAGERS;

EID: 33947246144     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600665802     Document Type: Article

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