Joubert, Johan W.Thorburn, AntoinetteUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering2013-02-152013-02-152012-10November 2http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21032Thesis (B Eng. (Industrial and Systems Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2012.Spring Valley Foods is a supplier of fresh whole and produced fruit. It is a constant battle to ensure just enough workers for the day’s work. Labour cost can be one of the highest costs a company can incur, and has a direct impact on the company’s profit. The goal of this project is to develop a complete labour plan in terms of sizing and scheduling. The labour planning will be focussed on the pack-house area. The pack-house is where fruit is sorted in terms of ripeness (mangos, avo’s and papayas) or weight (melons). Standard working rates for each process have to be determined. After a literature study has been conducted it has been determined that the scheduling approach followed will be days-off scheduling, and the solution approach followed is mathematical programming.38 pagesPDFenCopyright: University of PretoriaMini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering)SchedulingMathematical programmingText