Operations Management, Binder Ready Version: An Integrated Approach
Operations Management, Binder Ready Version: An Integrated Approach
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781118952610
Author: R. Dan Reid, Nada R. Sanders
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 15, Problem 9DQ
Summary Introduction

Interpretation: List of salient advantages accruing to the organization through use of finite loading are to be determined.

Concept Introduction: Companies employ infinite or finite scheduling as per their requirement. While infinite scheduling is used to identify capacity constraints for the master production schedule; finite scheduling is used to schedule work as per available capacity.Finite scheduling/loading is the one used in day to day operations for scheduling the existing jobs for timely completion along with good utilization of resources.

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