Article history: Received 10 March 2010 Received in revised form July, 25, 2011 Accepted 26 July 2011 Available online 27 July 2011 This paper presents a mathematical model for the problem of minimizing the maximum lateness on a single machine when the deteriorated jobs are delivered to each customer in various size batches. In reality, this issue may happen within a supply chain in which deliv...

The design of a supply chain has been considered by many practitioners and researchers recently. One model that is used to optimize distribution from a single facility (depot) to a set of retailers over a given planning horizon and considering stock management decisions is known as Inventory Routing Problem (IRP). This model tries to optimize the trade-off between inventory and transportation c...

The article highlights the issues of importance and features land use personal subsidiary farms by rural population world. According to FAO, almost 75% world’s people living in extreme poverty live areas, their livelihoods food security depend mainly on development agricultural sector economy. Agriculture is largest employer, providing as it employs 40 percent today. It income jobs for poor hou...

Abstract John Ahlquist's essay proposes a notion of “decent jobs” that is multidimensional, context-dependent, and dynamic. I suggest simple test for work”: work the worker thinks valued by people whom values (a measure exemplary virtue, hence eudaimonic). High pay in cash society but one such signal value, much labor provided without signal. advocate making relationship-building, decision-maki...

At the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, organizations around world rapidly transitioned to enforced remote work. We examined relationship between personality and within-person changes in five job outcomes (self-reported performance, engagement, satisfaction, burnout, turnover intentions) during this transition. conducted a four-wave longitudinal study, from May August 2020, employees working hom...