Operations Management, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 15 Operations Planning

After going through this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

Why do organizations engage in operations planning?
What are the steps involved in an aggregate planning exercise?
What are the alternatives available to an organization to modify demand and supply?
What are the generic strategies adopted in an aggregate planning exercise?
What are the heuristic and optimal methods used for solving the aggregate operations planning problem?
What is master operations scheduling (MOS)? How is it related to aggregate operations planning?

Organizations often manage demand during peak times by shifting the demand to a non-peak period as capacity is far in excess of demand ...

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