EBK PRINCIPLES OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
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Introduction: Scheduling is the process of controlling and arranging the workloads of the production process using an optimized method. It is used to plan and allocate human resources and machinery.
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The longest time period you can go without updating a schedule is no more than 3
weeks.
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Question 2 0
Network Loop is the process by which relationships between activities are created.
Activities are linked finish-to-start start-to-start, finish -to -finish, or start-to-finish
and can include lag or lead times.
True
False
Question 3
A constraint is a restriction imposed on the start date, finish date or other aspect of
an activity. Constraints are used to prescribe limitations on the schedule based on
external conditions such as contractual restrictions or imposed float requirements.
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