LT 11 - The Goal

What scheduling process should a plant utilize? 

• pacing process

• central scheduling

• vertical process

• horizontal process

What aspect of Alex’s production plant should he have prioritized to increase capacity?

• WIP inventory

• bottlenecks

• his marriage

• automated robots

How should the bottleneck be exploited?

• leave it idle

• manage WIP limits / work in batches

• take out resources

• reduce capacity

Where should the bottleneck be placed in the production line?

• beginning

• end

• somewhere in the middle

• it depends

What is the purpose of scheduling?

• keeping your life in order

• enabling profit

• getting people to work more

• making everything take the same amount of time

What does Alex's plant produce?