...Emanuel Melachrinoudis; Michael Olafsson Labour scheduling in supermarkets is a difficult task since most employees work various shift lengths instead of standard eight‐hour shifts. With front‐end cashiers, it is even more difficult, since the number of needed cashiers is based on customer volume...

... Logistics Performance appraisal Purchasing Scheduling 16 IJPD & LM 20,2 T he criteria for evaluating job performance of the buyer/planner functions and a dimensional analysis model offer tech­ niques to aid measurement. This article attempts to define the functions of buyer and planner, and discusses...

...Chrwan‐jyh Ho Distribution requirements planning (DRP) is one of the scheduling methods used in logistics systems. A generalised version is presented of a DRP system designed to enhance scheduling flexibility of currently used DRP systems and to deal with multi‐sourcing trans‐shipment problems...