CMA Intermediate · Operations Management and Strategic Management · Production Planning and Control
In production planning and control, which activity specifically involves fixing the sequence in which jobs will be processed on each machine and the start and finish times for them?
Scheduling is the correct answer because it fixes the time dimension of production: which job runs on which machine, in what order, and when each operation starts and finishes. Routing only decides the path of operations, not the timing.
- ARouting
- BSchedulingCorrect
- CDispatching
- DExpediting
Explanation
Scheduling assigns start and completion times to operations and sets their order on machines. Routing only decides the path or sequence of operations a product follows, not the timing. Dispatching releases orders and Expediting (follow-up) chases progress.
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