1. Jerry-Ann L. Oluya BEN-32

2.   Scheduling is to establish the timing of the use of equipment, facilities, and human activities in an organization. The objective is to achieve tradeoffs among conflicting goals, which include efficient utilization of staff, equipment, and facilities, and minimization of customer waiting time, inventories, and process times. SCHEDULING

3. Effective scheduling can yield : Cost Saving Increases in Productivity

4. Scheduling in High-Volume Systems High-volume systems are characterized by standardized equipments and activities that provide identical or highly similar operations on customers or products as they pass through the system. All items follow virtually the same sequence of operations. The goal is to get a high utilization of labor and equipment. Because of the highly repetitive nature of these systems, many of the loading and sequence decisions are determined during the design of the system.

5.   Process and product design.  Preventive maintenance.  Rapid repair when breakdowns occur.  Optimal product mixes.  Minimization of quality problems.  Reliability and timing of supplies. High-Volume Success Factors