Detailed Scheduling and Planning Flashcards
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What is 'Capacity Requirements Planning' (CRP) used for?
Answer: To calculate detailed capacity loads for work centers based on open and planned orders
CRP calculates the capacity load on each work center from both open production orders and MRP planned orders.
Which scheduling technique assigns work to the work center with the most available capacity?
Answer: Finite loading
Finite loading assigns work to work centers respecting actual capacity limits, unlike infinite loading which ignores capacity.
What does 'scheduling to the bottleneck' mean in production planning?
Answer: Synchronizing all other operations to the pace of the capacity-constrained resource
Scheduling to the bottleneck means the constraint resource sets the production pace and all other resources align to it.
What is 'priority planning' in detailed scheduling?
Answer: Determining the sequence in which jobs should be processed at a work center
Priority planning determines job sequencing at work centers to meet due dates and optimize flow.
Which dispatching rule releases the job with the shortest processing time first?
Answer: Shortest Processing Time (SPT)
SPT minimizes average job completion time by sequencing the shortest job first at each work center.
What is 'input/output (I/O) control' used to manage in production?
Answer: The flow of work into and out of work centers to control queue lengths and lead times
I/O control monitors and adjusts the rate of work entering and leaving work centers to manage queues and actual lead times.