I am trying to build a model to easily change the crew size of each area and shift. What's the best way of doing this. My first thought was to build a dispatcher for each, but with 5 shifts and 15+areas, I was hoping there might be a better way that I am not thinking about. Any ideas?
| Machinist | Welder | Inspector | |
| Shift 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Shift 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
You could do something similar to this. With one group/dispatcher per area. If you can determine which shift is about to end/start based on the time of day in the model, then you could potentially build this into a single time table. But using one time table per shift might ultimately be quicker to set up.
Similarly, it would be possible to assign the roles from a global pool of operators, but that will likely bring other problems with it when the shift changes. Like a machinist who is currently busy becoming a welder. Keeping them in separate groups also makes collecting utilization statistics per area much easier.
I don't see how this disqualifies the linked model as a possible solution? You can read the maximum value from the table and adjust the number of operators accordingly.
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