Workforce planning in the printing industry

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4849-4872

  Mundschenk, Martin ^a   Drexl, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empirical results; Printing company; Qualification profile; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING;

EMPIRICAL RESULTS; PRINTING COMPANY; QUALIFICATION PROFILE; WORKFORCE PLANNING;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548402248     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600813238     Document Type: Article

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