A case study of cost-efficient staffing under annualized hours

Egbert van der Veen; Erwin W. Hans; Bart Veltman; Leo M. Berrevoets; Hubert J.J.M. Berden

doi:10.1007/s10729-014-9292-0

A case study of cost-efficient staffing under annualized hours

Egbert van der Veen, Erwin W. Hans, Bart Veltman, Leo M. Berrevoets, Hubert J.J.M. Berden

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Abstract

We propose a mathematical programming formulation that incorporates annualized hours and shows to be very flexible with regard to modeling various contract types. The objective of our model is to minimize salary cost, thereby covering workforce demand, and using annualized hours. Our model is able to address various business questions regarding tactical workforce planning problems, e.g., with regard to annualized hours, subcontracting, and vacation planning. In a case study for a Dutch hospital two of these business questions are addressed, and we demonstrate that applying annualized hours potentially saves up to 5.2% in personnel wages annually.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	279-288
Number of pages	10
Journal	Health care management science
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-014-9292-0
Publication status	Published - 6 Jul 2014

Keywords

Annualized hours
Contract-mix and skill-mix planning
Workforce capacity allocation
Staff capacity allocation
Mixed-integer linear programming

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