Conference Paper

Design of job assignment and routing policies in service logistics

Volume: 25 Number: 9 December 31, 2019
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Design of job assignment and routing policies in service logistics

Abstract

In this study, we consider to improve efficiency of an after-sales technical service in home appliances industry. The efficiency measure is the total time spent in a day to serve customer requests. Hence, the objective is to minimize total working hours spent in a day in the after-sales services. We first analyze the system to identify causes of delays in job completion. Upon findings of our analysis we choose to focus on job assignment and job sequencing to improve efficiency. We propose a mixed integer programming model for the assignment of technicians to jobs and sequencing of jobs for each technician to minimize total time spent in a day. Through this model we solve the problem with expected job durations. We present a numerical study to illustrate the proposed solution procedure.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Conference Paper

Authors

Simge Çoban This is me
Türkiye

Zeynep Alibaşoğlu This is me
Türkiye

Özlem Tok Özkeskin This is me
Türkiye

Mert Karakaya This is me
Türkiye

Yücel Bayrak This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 31, 2019

Submission Date

June 14, 2019

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 25 Number: 9

APA
Düzgit, Z., Toy, A. Ö., Çoban, S., Alibaşoğlu, Z., Tok Özkeskin, Ö., Karakaya, M., & Bayrak, Y. (2019). Design of job assignment and routing policies in service logistics. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, 25(9), 1071-1079. https://izlik.org/JA57FP67FU
AMA
1.Düzgit Z, Toy AÖ, Çoban S, et al. Design of job assignment and routing policies in service logistics. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2019;25(9):1071-1079. https://izlik.org/JA57FP67FU
Chicago
Düzgit, Zehra, Ayhan Özgür Toy, Simge Çoban, et al. 2019. “Design of Job Assignment and Routing Policies in Service Logistics”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 25 (9): 1071-79. https://izlik.org/JA57FP67FU.
EndNote
Düzgit Z, Toy AÖ, Çoban S, Alibaşoğlu Z, Tok Özkeskin Ö, Karakaya M, Bayrak Y (December 1, 2019) Design of job assignment and routing policies in service logistics. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 25 9 1071–1079.
IEEE
[1]Z. Düzgit et al., “Design of job assignment and routing policies in service logistics”, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1071–1079, Dec. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA57FP67FU
ISNAD
Düzgit, Zehra - Toy, Ayhan Özgür - Çoban, Simge - Alibaşoğlu, Zeynep - Tok Özkeskin, Özlem - Karakaya, Mert - Bayrak, Yücel. “Design of Job Assignment and Routing Policies in Service Logistics”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 25/9 (December 1, 2019): 1071-1079. https://izlik.org/JA57FP67FU.
JAMA
1.Düzgit Z, Toy AÖ, Çoban S, Alibaşoğlu Z, Tok Özkeskin Ö, Karakaya M, Bayrak Y. Design of job assignment and routing policies in service logistics. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2019;25:1071–1079.
MLA
Düzgit, Zehra, et al. “Design of Job Assignment and Routing Policies in Service Logistics”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 25, no. 9, Dec. 2019, pp. 1071-9, https://izlik.org/JA57FP67FU.
Vancouver
1.Zehra Düzgit, Ayhan Özgür Toy, Simge Çoban, Zeynep Alibaşoğlu, Özlem Tok Özkeskin, Mert Karakaya, Yücel Bayrak. Design of job assignment and routing policies in service logistics. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 1;25(9):1071-9. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA57FP67FU