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Factory Scheduling
Factory scheduling is the process of organizing and coordinating the production activities of a manufacturing plant. This includes tasks like assigning workers to specific machines, determining which products need to be produced and in what order, preparing work orders, and maintaining inventories.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Factory Scheduling
Factory scheduling aims to ensure that all necessary operations are carried out efficiently and timely while minimizing waste or disruption. To achieve this, it is often essential to use specialized software tools that can help with things like resource allocation, machine utilization analysis, and workforce optimization.
Related terms
- PDM (Product Data Management)
- Project Management
- Gain Sharing
- Small and Midsize Business (SMB)
- Business Process Automation (BPA)
- Human Capital Management (HCM)
- Best Practice
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Track And Trace
- Digital Business Transformation
- Bimodal
- Span of Control
- Solution
- Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
- Enterprise Solutions
- Growth Strategy
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
- Line Of Business