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Title: Operator scheduling at the Advanced Light Source

Abstract

Scheduling Operations staff at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) has evolved from 5 shifts/week for commissioning operations in 1992 to the present 24 hour/day, 21 shift coverage as the ALS went to full operation for users. A number of schedules were developed and implemented in an effort to accommodate changing ALS shift coverage requirements. The present work schedule and the lessons learned, address a number of issues that are useful to any facility that is operating 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.,, Advanced Light Source Div., Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
291153
Report Number(s):
LBNL-41927
ON: DE98058258; TRN: AHC29901%%360
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULES; WORKING DAYS; COMMUNICATIONS

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Miller, B. Operator scheduling at the Advanced Light Source. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/291153.
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abstractNote = {Scheduling Operations staff at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) has evolved from 5 shifts/week for commissioning operations in 1992 to the present 24 hour/day, 21 shift coverage as the ALS went to full operation for users. A number of schedules were developed and implemented in an effort to accommodate changing ALS shift coverage requirements. The present work schedule and the lessons learned, address a number of issues that are useful to any facility that is operating 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.},
doi = {10.2172/291153},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998},
month = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998}
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