César Augusto Henao Botero

About

César Henao Botero is an Industrial Engineer from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with a Master's and Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research focuses on two main areas: (i) Industrial Engineering, developing optimization models for task and shift scheduling for multiskilled staff in uncertain conditions, incorporating labor flexibility, preferences, and diversity, contributing to SDGs 8 (decent work and economic growth) and 9 (industry, innovation, and infrastructure); (ii) Transportation Engineering, specializing in active and sustainable mobility, public and freight transport, supporting SDGs 10 (reduced inequalities) and 11 (sustainable cities and communities). Currently, he is a professor and researcher in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Universidad del Norte, where he coordinates the Master's and Doctoral Programs in Industrial Engineering. He also leads the Productivity and Competitiveness Research Group and is part of TRANVIA, both classified at level A1 by Minciencias. He is affiliated with academic societies such as MCDM, PANAMSTR, RAM, and ASOCIO. He has led and participated in externally funded research projects and published numerous articles in high-impact journals, including IJPE, CAIE, JORS, MBE, TR-PA, and Transport Reviews, among others.

Work

Universidad del Norte

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Assistant Professor / Coordinator of the Master's and Doctorate Programs in Industrial Engineering

Colombia

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Shift SpA, Spin off del DICTUC S.A.

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Innovation Engineer

Chile

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Rymel S.A.S.

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Industrial Engineer

Colombia

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Education

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Chile
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PhD, MSc in Transport and Logistics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States of America
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Visiting Student, Doctoral Internship

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín

Colombia
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Industrial Engineer

Publications

Diseño de una fuerza laboral polifuncional para el sector servicios :caso aplicado a la industria del retail

dissertation-thesis

Optimizing Retail Staffing: Multiskilling Levels in Personnel Scheduling Under Uncertain Demand

Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies

book-chapter

Improving the Robustness of Retail Workforce Management with a Labor Flexibility Strategy and Consideration of Demand Uncertainty

Ssrn

other

Exploring sustainable workforce management: Trends, solution approaches, and practices

Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches

journal-article

Robust Optimization Model Solving an Annual Multiskilled Staffing Problem for Retail Industry

NETWORKING COMMUNICATION AND DATA KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING, VOL 1

journal-article

When should shelf stocking be done at night? A workforce management optimization approach for retailers

Computers and Industrial Engineering

journal-article

A benchmark dataset for the retail multiskilled personnel planning under uncertain demand

Data Science

journal-article

Exploring sustainable workforce management: Trends, solution approaches, and practices

Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches

book-chapter

Annualized Hours, Multiskilling, and Overtime on Annual Staffing Problem: A Two-Stage Stochastic Approach

journal-article

Multiskilled personnel assignment with k-chaining considering the learning-forgetting phenomena

International Journal of Production Economics

journal-article

Planning Annualized Hours with Flexible Contracts

Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies

book-chapter

A two-stage stochastic optimization model for the retail multiskilled personnel scheduling problem: A k-chaining policy with k ≥2

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

journal-article

Multiskilled personnel assignment problem under uncertain demand: A benchmarking analysis

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

journal-article

Solving a staffing problem with annualized hours, multiskilling with 2-chaining, and overtime: A retail industry case

Computers and Industrial Engineering

journal-article

Impact of Labor Productivity and Multiskilling on Staff Management: A Retail Industry Case

Communications in Computer and Information Science

journal-article

Benefits of Multiskilling in the Retail Industry: k-Chaining Approach with Uncertain Demand

Communications in Computer and Information Science

conference-paper

Benefits of Multiskilling in the Retail Industry: k-Chaining Approach with Uncertain Demand

Communications in Computer and Information Science

journal-article

Impact of Labor Productivity and Multiskilling on Staff Management: A Retail Industry Case

Communications in Computer and Information Science

conference-paper

Influence Of Academic Education Imparted In Basic Sciences On The Scientific Reasoning Skills Of Engineering Students

9th Research in Engineering Education Symposium and 32nd Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, REES AAEE 2021: Engineering Education Research Capability Development

conference-paper

Influence Of Academic Education Imparted In Basic Sciences On The Scientific Reasoning Skills Of Engineering Students

Research in Engineering Education Symposium & Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference

conference-paper

Two-Stage Stochastic Optimization Model for Personnel Days-off Scheduling Using Closed-Chained Multiskilling Structures

Communications in Computer and Information Science

conference-paper

Two-Stage Stochastic Optimization Model for Personnel Days-off Scheduling Using Closed-Chained Multiskilling Structures

Communications in Computer and Information Science

journal-article

Using the k-Chaining Approach to Solve a Stochastic Days-Off-Scheduling Problem in a Retail Store

Communications in Computer and Information Science

conference-paper

Using the k-Chaining Approach to Solve a Stochastic Days-Off-Scheduling Problem in a Retail Store

Communications in Computer and Information Science

journal-article

Developing an urban bikeability index for different types of cyclists as a tool to prioritise bicycle infrastructure investments

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

journal-article

Dataset for solving a hybrid flexibility strategy on personnel scheduling problem in the retail industry

Data in Brief

journal-article

Efficient shift scheduling with multiple breaks for full-time employees: A retail industry case

Computers and Industrial Engineering

journal-article

Urban walkability considering pedestrians’ perceptions of the built environment: a 10-year review and a case study in a medium-sized city in Latin America

Transport Reviews

journal-article

Multiskilled workforce management by utilizing closed chains under uncertain demand: A retail industry case

Computers and Industrial Engineering

journal-article

Hybrid flexibility strategy on personnel scheduling: Retail case study

Computers and Industrial Engineering

journal-article

Programación simultánea de buses y conductores: caso de estudio en Transantiago, Chile

Revista CEA

journal-article

Real-time recovering strategies on personnel scheduling in the retail industry

Computers and Industrial Engineering

journal-article

Programación simultánea de buses y conductores: caso de estudio en Transantiago, Chile

Revista CEA

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Multiskilling with closed chains in a service industry: A robust optimization approach

International Journal of Production Economics

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The impact of multi-skilling on personnel scheduling in the service sector: A retail industry case

Journal of the Operational Research Society

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