journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ejor The Home Care Crew Scheduling Problem: Preference-based visit clustering and temporal dependencies Matias Sevel Rasmussen 1‚ Tor Justesen 2‚ Anders Dohn 2‚ Jesper Larsen ⇑ Department of Management Engineering‚ Technical University of Denmark‚ Produktionstorvet‚ Building 424‚ DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby‚ Denmark a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Available online 10 November 2011 Keywords: Home care Crew scheduling Vehicle routing Generalised
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To look at the main impact of changes in community care policy since 1990 on staff working in home care I would like to begin by exploring the reasons why these changes were introduced‚ then to concentrate on the impact that these changes have had on the basic tasks undertaken by the home carer and finally how these changes are perceived by the wider community. Before 1990 there were two main areas of legislation referring to domiciliary care. These were the “Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons’
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If a child does something wrong‚ how do we as people correct it? In the United States‚ many families seem to think that spanking a child is the way to correct the misdemeanor that the child has committed. If a child bites another child‚ should the child get spanked? I believe that if a child does something that is known to be wrong‚ than the child should have some sort of punishment. If a parent does the spanking out of anger‚ instead of for the purpose of correcting‚ than I feel as if spanking should
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Kristen’s Cookies 1 Examples of a Process in Service Companies Processing an insurance claim for an accident. Admitting a patient to a hospital. Performing the 30‚000-mile maintenance on a car. 2 Concepts This case will familiarize you with the following concepts: PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM THROUGHPUT TIME FOR AN ACTIVITY THROUGHPUT TIME FOR THE PROCESS CAPACITY OF AN ACTIVITY CYCLE TIME OF AN ACTIVITY BOTTLENECK CAPACITY OF THE PROCESS CYCLE TIME OF THE PROCESS UTILIZATION OF
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IMPROVEMENT TO SKYPE Skype should undergo ongoing changes to constantly improve the reliability‚ scalability‚ and functionality of the everyday Skype experience. Peer to Peer (P2P) in a mobile Skype relied on their users’ computers to do much of the heavy lifting. These computers were typically desktop PCs connected both to power outlets and to the Internet at all times and provided the processing power and connectivity to support Skype’s peer-to-peer (P2P) capabilities. In today’s devices and
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Motivated Design Alan Arnold University of Grantham HPI 641 Business Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement Dr. Joseph LeVesque Feb 3‚ 2013 Motivated Design Since all of the processes in the text were mentioned in the earlier Guided Discussion Forum‚ the intent here is to mention those (not all inclusive) personally used while in the Marine Corps. Having been a recipient as a learner to some of this
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Why is it necessary to consult relevant groups and individuals about the work to be allocated and the resources they will need? Because it is essential that the correct resources are put into place in order to operate successfully. It’s important to find the best methods of distribution‚ disbursement‚ and management of resources. It’s also important to track the resources to determine whether their need is relevant and cost effective. By consulting with individuals it gives them ownership‚ allows
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Nursing Structure vs. General Acute Care The difference between the structure of a nursing home facility and a general acute care hospital Tracy Kennedy HCM 610-1205B-01 American InterContinental University Unit 3 DB The nursing structure that exists within a nursing home facility and a general acute care hospital is different due to the skills and professional staff that are required to treat patients. These differences are necessary because of the type of illness or injuries that a patient
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members at Ranafa Trading Ltd: 6 Encouragement of participation of team members: 7 How communication is facilitated within the team? To inform of outcomes of continuous improvement efforts 8 Analyzed whether communication systems needs improvement 9 Improve customer service 9 Any recommendations to help continuous improvement in the workplace 10 RANAFA TRADING LTD Company’s Background: Ranafa Trading Ltd was founded in the years 1990 in Mauritius. It has been successfully operating
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QUESTION: How to address poor performance in your area of responsibility? What sort of innovation would you like to propose and implement? How do you address grievance? Poor staff performance and ’problem workers ’ are some of the trickiest things to be dealt with in the office. It ’s difficult to balance morale and productivity in the optimum way for office success‚ and as a result I often hear of managers turning a blind eye to poor staff performance‚ fearing that drawing attention to it
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