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Staff planning - what can be learned from the experiences at Ryanair and Düsseldorf Airport
| Dr. Jörg Herbers
Generally, workforce management is considered an area that is not typically in the public eye, which makes the current pile of press reports…
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The Future Production Planner – like a Swiss Army Knife?
| Stefan Auerbach
In manufacturing companies, the position of a production planner is a relevant part of an integrated supply chain. Theoretically. However,…
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Centralized vs. Decentralized Workforce Planning
| Tanja Hungerkamp
Airlines are having a good year in terms of high demand. However, that has led to increased challenges relating to two areas of their…
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Drones, Robots, and Self Driving Vehicles, Part III: Evolving with Technology
| Matthew Wittemeier
I want to start part three with the exact paragraph that I ended part two on, as it is really important to reiterate. Reading these posts,…
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An inconspicuous planning parameter with a huge impact: the weekly deployment factor
| Dr. Jörg Herbers
Much has been written about workforce management and even more has been discussed. Common topics are working time productivity, staff costs,…
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Chatbots and Business Intelligence - your personal virtual data assistant
| Jens Siebertz
The use of chatbots is increasing. There are now more than 100,000 chatbots for Facebook Messenger alone. Even if you tend to associate…
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