Explore a structured plan for planning and scheduling manufacturing systems that helps managers and researchers make better, faster decisions.
This book outlines a four‑level decision framework for planning and scheduling in manufacturing, showing how decisions at one level shape the next. It emphasizes a hierarchical, model‑based approach and highlights practical research topics needed to strengthen theory and practice.
- How the four planning levels interact—from production planning to flow planning and scheduling.
- Where protection stocks, lead times, and lot sizing fit into a coherent control system.
- The value of a taxonomy and hierarchical models to guide research and real‑world application.
- Key questions about robustness, data needs, and how to link models across decision levels.
Ideal for readers of operations management and production‑planning research who want a clear, structured view of planning and scheduling challenges and opportunities.