Chapter 27 Leading Scheduling Improvements to Drive Value: Five Steps for Leaders

DOI: 10.4324/9781003304067-32

As discussed in Chapter 6, in most process manufacturing plants, there is a strong argument that repetitive scheduling will deliver manufacturing efficiency and stability. Rather than addressing each form of repetitive scheduling methodology, we focus on product wheel scheduling in this chapter.

Chapter 28 will outline the project steps to implement a new scheduling process and software system. That chapter targets mainly those who are responsible for the implementation, the project manager and the sponsor of the project, and the core project team.

This chapter is a guide for plant leaders to lay solid foundations for the formal ...

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