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Production Scheduling

Done for Better representation of necessary time required to complete a particular task

How it helps? 1. Aids to prepare manufacturing plan for a product


2. Determining shortest possible time for completion of a product
3. Helps to identify the critical activities, that is the activities that must be
completed on time so as to finish the production in shortest possible time
4. Helps to identify interrelated and interdependent tasks
5. To determine optimum utilization of man/machine/resources
6. Helps to describe the instantaneous project status
7. Works as diagnostic instrument in detecting problem areas for improvement

Objectives Primary: Least cost, Least risk and best time


Secondary: Effective use of resources and evaluation of scheduled alternatives

How to do? 1. Split the major task into small modules or tasks
2. Identify and/or estimate time/resources required to complete each task
3. Organize the task concurrently to make optimal use of man/machine/resources
4. Minimise the task dependency to avoid dely
5. Develop the schedule for performing the tasks

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