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Define your Constraints

16th August, 2013 · andrehoude

Constraints are what drive the final schedule.

 

The planner will need to know them by heart and measure each and every one of them appropriately at different stages. This chapter explains the different types of constraints and the importance of clear and concise definitions for both the planners and the employees.

Posted in 4-Define your constraints | Tags: Constraints, Employee, Positions, Schedule, Scheduling, Scheduling software, Shifts, Workforce, Workload |
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  • 0-Preface (1)
  • 1-Introduction (14)
    • 1.1-Everybody Schedules (1)
    • 1.2-Change is the only constant (1)
    • 1.3-Workforce Scheduling (4)
      • 1.3.1-The Workload (1)
      • 1.3.2-The Employees (1)
      • 1.3.3-The Constraints (1)
    • 1.4-The Process (5)
      • 1.4.1-Breaking down the work (1)
      • 1.4.2-Calculating Positions (1)
      • 1.4.3-Planning the Non-Work (1)
      • 1.4.4-Distributing Shifts (1)
      • 1.4.5-Maintaining the schedule (1)
    • 1.5-Finding Support (2)
      • 1.5.1-Strategy becomes input (1)
      • 1.5.2-Choosing Tools (1)
  • 2-Build your workload (10)
    • 2.1-Workload Identification (2)
    • 2.2-Workload Quantification (7)
      • 2.2.1-Time Dependant Workload (2)
      • 2.2.2-Time Independant Workload (1)
      • 2.2.3-Mixed Workloads (1)
      • 2.2.4-Open and close times (1)
      • 2.2.5-The Wiggle Room (1)
    • 2.3-Other Alternatives (1)
  • 3-Understand the workforce (9)
    • 3.1-Arriving (4)
      • 3.1.1-Training (1)
      • 3.1.2-Workload and Absenteeism (1)
      • 3.1.3-Demographics (1)
    • 3.2-Staying (4)
      • 3.2.1-The idiot virus (1)
      • 3.2.2-Set Expectations (1)
      • 3.2.3-Share Information (1)
      • 3.2.4-Self Scheduling (1)
    • 3.3-Leaving (1)
  • 4-Define your constraints (13)
    • 4.1-Work and Rest (6)
      • 4.1.1-Shift Constraints (1)
      • 4.1.2-Day Constraints (1)
      • 4.1.3-Week Constraints (1)
      • 4.1.4-Horizon Constraints (1)
      • 4.1.5-Sequence Constraints (1)
    • 4.2-Fairness and Rotations (3)
      • 4.2.1-What About Seniority? (1)
      • 4.2.2-Self Scheduling (1)
    • 4.3-Training (1)
    • 4.4-The Agreement (1)
    • 4.5-Breaking the Rules (1)
  • 5-Assembling a Schedule (3)
    • 5.1-Breaking Down the Work (3)
      • 5.1.1-Time Dependant Workload (2)
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