| Author | Liao, Wen-chung |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IE-80-07 |
| Subject(s) | Manpower policy--Taiwan--Mathematical models
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This research is concerned with the labor scheduling problem of the overseas construction projects of a firm in Taiwan. The characteristics of these projects are: labor intensive, high labor costs, temporary hired worker, and the jobsites are remote from Taiwan. The decision to be made
is how to schedule the construction labor requirements such that fluctuating demand is satisfied and the labor cost can be minimized. Two basic manpower policies, hire-fire and pooling, were introduced as alternatives of scheduling policy. Methods of labor estimating and forecasting were discussed.
A labor forecast regarding each craft category is then established, and based
on the forecasted schedule, a linear programming model with overtime constraints was developed to minimize the total labor costs. At the same time,
the optimal labor schedule was derived. The labor costs considered here are hiring cost, layoff cost, wage cost, and overtime cost. The effect of labor
costs on optimal schedule were tested. The result shows that, with the present cost structure, the overhead cost of overtime work is the key criterion for
selecting either the hire-fire policy or pooling policy. |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tang, John C.S. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Oudheusden, Dirk L. Van ;Tabucanon, Mario T. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | China Technical Consultants, Inc. |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1980 |