This paper presents and compares two different solution approaches to optimize the glass collection process at a single intermunicipal authority in Belgium. First, a model enhancement approach is proposed to solve a shift scheduling optimization problem integrating the construction of glass...

This paper presents a two-stage mixed integer programming approach for optimizing the skill mix and training schedule at the aircraft maintenance company Sabena Technics. Of course, when all workers are trained for all skills, cheaper workforce schedules are possible. However, the training that...

This paper presents a fast heuristic approach to optimize staffing and scheduling of the workforce at an aircraft maintenance company. Two linked Tabu Search algorithms are proposed to minimize the labour costs and to maximize employee satisfaction. To enhance the performance of the algorithm,...