Workforce management and vacation planning: a case study in bank branches

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v19n1.14507

Keywords:

Workforce allocation, Vacation planning, Optimization

Abstract

The problem of vacation and workforce allocation has been a broad field for conducting research in management and operational research. However, even though it is a common and well-known problem, finding good solutions is usually a difficult task given its combinatorial feature, making it even more difficult to find the optimal solution in order to minimize costs, tailor planning to workers' preferences, distribute shifts equally and meet the constraints of labor. This paper addresses the vacation and workforce allocation problem considering a banking sector scenario, developing a solution approach based on heuristic procedures and mixed integer linear programming. As a result, the proposed approach was able to generate a coverage and allocation matrix for workers and identify shortcomings in the company's vacation coverage capacity.

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Author Biographies

Marco Antonio Bonelli Junior, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Formação em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto e atualmente mestrando em Engenharia de Produção e Manufatura pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Possui experiêcia em docência pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto e pela Universidade Virtual do Estado de São Paulo.

André Luiz Barbosa Lima, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Graduando em Engenharia de Produção no Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Aplicadas da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto.

Alexandre Xavier Martins, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto.

Possui graduação em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto(2003), mestrado em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais(2005), doutorado em Engenharia Elétrica pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais(2011) e pós-doutorado pela Université de Tecnologie de Troyes(2017). Atualmente é Professor Adjunto IV da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Revisor de periódico da Computers & Operations Research e Revisor de periódico da INFOCOMP (UFLA. Impresso). Tem experiência na área de Engenharia de Produção, com ênfase em Pesquisa Operacional. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas:Árvore Geradora, Grafos, Otimização Combinatória, Programação Matemática, Heurísticas.

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Published

2021-03-25

How to Cite

Bonelli Junior, M. A., Lima, A. L. B., & Martins, A. X. (2021). Workforce management and vacation planning: a case study in bank branches. Exacta, 19(1), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v19n1.14507

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