Master Scheduling : A Practical Guide to Competitive Manufacturing

In the world of manufacturing, every aspect of your operation must be highly responsive to customer needs. Master scheduling, as part of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM), is an essential planning process that helps manufacturing companies synchronize their planned product supply with anticipated market demand. In this updated Third Edition of the definitive guide to the subject, John Proud shows manufacturers how to create and maintain valid and realistic master schedules. Anyone involved in designing or maintaining one will find a wealth of practical advice in Master Scheduling. From sales and marketing to manufacturing, materials management, and engineering, Proud includes important advice for integrating all areas of a company within the framework of an effective master schedule. Updated with changes that cover new developments in this evolving field, Master Scheduling continues to serve as the definitive book on the subject. It covers all the basic concepts and explains how to create and manage a master scheduling system; perform rough cut capacity planning; and complete the planned process using finishing and final assembly techniques aimed at delivering the requested product to the customer on time and in full. Other topics covered include planning bills, scheduling in discrete as well as flow environments, demand and supply management, sales and operations planning, and effective implementation. Packed with helpful checklists, examples, case studies, and illustrations, Master Scheduling, Third Edition delivers easy to follow guidelines for implementing and managing a world class master schedule. This is the ideal guide for any manager who wants to avoid the most common mistakes while consistently maximizing the accuracy and per formance of the master schedule.