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Scheduling is “coordinating work tasks, people, materials, facilities, and equipment needed to create goods and services at a specific point in time. Scheduling is required for making goods and for providing services successfully” (Vonderembse & White. 2013, Section 12.1.).

Operations management for a service in an organization has an essential goal, which is to provide direct assistance to customers whereas, for the manufacturing sector, the goal is to provide industrial goods bought and used for the consumption of businesses. When manufacturers develop a production schedule, it is essential that the operational function of production activities provide effective processing timing and utilize operative resources for both short and long-term goals. Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing has increased the importance of scheduling. Management must account for Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory, lead time, and equipment. Laborers must be accounted for to guarantee if a drop in inventory levels occurs increase replenishment can be done.

Manufacturers can choose to implement a mix of on-plan, on-time and on-budget schedule as a mixture of backward and forward scheduling methods. Other factors to consider are due dates or shipping dates as each directly impacts the scheduling process. The type of jobs and different resources impacted would be process routings, processing-setup-changeover times, shift availability, downtime, and planned maintenance. When manufacturers implement a structured scheduling process, the operation will flourish with timely goals fulfilled.