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Organizational, systems and human issues in production planning, scheduling and control

MacCarthy, Bart L.

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Jeffrey W. Herrmann
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Abstract

With global markets and global competition, pressures are placed on manufacturing organizations to compress order fulfillment times, meet delivery commitments consistently and also maintain efficiency in operations to address cost issues. This chapter argues for a process perspective on planning, scheduling and control that integrates organizational planning structures, information systems as well as human decision makers. The chapter begins with a reconsideration of the gap between theory and practice, in particular for classical scheduling theory and hierarchical production planning and control. A number of the key studies of industrial practice are then described and their implications noted. A recent model of scheduling practice derived from a detailed study of real businesses is described. Socio-technical concepts are then introduced and their implications for the design and management of planning, scheduling and control systems are discussed. The implications of adopting a process perspective are noted along with insights from knowledge management. An overview is presented of a methodology for the (re-)design of planning, scheduling and control systems that integrates organizational, system and human perspectives. The most important messages from the chapter are then summarized.

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MacCarthy, B. L. (2006). Organizational, systems and human issues in production planning, scheduling and control. In J. W. Herrmann (Ed.), Handbook of Production Scheduling. Springer

Publication Date Jan 1, 2006
Deposit Date Aug 15, 2008
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Series Title International Series in Operations Research and Management Science
Book Title Handbook of Production Scheduling
ISBN 978-0-387-33115-7
Keywords Planning, Scheduling, Production, Human Factors, Organizationl issues
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1019252
Publisher URL http://www.springer.com/business/production/book/978-0-387-33115-7

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