Practical methods and templates to schedule, sequence, and level production while protecting delivery and minimizing inventory.
Step-by-step, practical guidance to move from spreadsheet planning to a constraint-aware finite scheduling routine for short-term operations. Includes constraint identification, sequencing heuristics, pegging and capacity rules, buffer and gate policies, KPIs to watch, a 30-day pilot plan, and common pitfalls with remedies.
A short guide and worksheet to create constraint-aware short-term schedules that reflect real capacity.
A compact, practical reference for common dispatching rules (FIFO, EDD, SPT, LPT, Slack, Critical Ratio, and a few production patterns). For each rule: a plain‑language description, when it helps or harms throughput and delivery, example shop scenarios, tuning tips, and a short pilot-test template to measure impact on throughput, lead time, on‑time delivery, WIP and changeovers.