Subject: Production Engineering and Robotics

Difficulty: Medium

Marks: 8 Marks

Scheduling:

• Scheduling means when and in what sequence the work will be done.
• It involves deciding as to when the work will start and in certain duration of time how much work will be finished.
• Scheduling deals with orders and machines – it determines which order will be taken up on which machine and which department by which operator.
• It ensures free flow of material along the production line.

Factors affecting Scheduling

Internal Factors :

1) Stock of finished goods

2) Availability of men , machine , material

3) Availabilities of Manufacturing facilities

4) WIP

External Factors :-

1) Customers Demand

2) Customers delivery dates

3) Stock of good already lying with dealers and retailers