Esma S. Gel

Bucket brigades with worker learning (2007)

Dieter Armbruster, Esma S. Gel, Junko Murakami

The dynamics and throughput of a bucket brigade production system is studied when workers’ speeds increase due to learning. It is shown that, if the rules of the bucket brigade system allow a...

A Framework for Evaluating Remote Diagnostics Investment Decisions for Semiconductor Equipment Suppliers ABSTRACT (2005)

Cem Vardar, Esma S. Gel, John Fowler, Cem Vardar, Esma S. Gel, John Fowler

With advances in information technology, service activities for expensive equipment used in semiconductor manufacturing can be performed from a remote location. This capability is called remote...

Heuristics for workforce planning with worker differences

Fowler, John W., Wirojanagud, Pornsarun, Gel, Esma S.

This study considers decisions in workforce management assuming individual workers are inherently different as measured by general cognitive ability (GCA). A mixed integer programming (MIP) model...