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CMA Intermediate · Operations Management and Strategic Management · Scheduling and Queuing Models

In production scheduling, which of the following best describes the main purpose of scheduling?

Scheduling fixes the time and sequence in which operations are carried out on the available machines, workers and other resources. It turns the production plan into a working timetable. Pricing, plant location and financing are different managerial decisions outside scheduling.

  1. ADeciding the selling price of the finished product
  2. BFixing the time and sequence in which operations are performed on available resourcesCorrect
  3. CSelecting the location of the plant
  4. DDetermining the number of shareholders needed to fund production

Explanation

Scheduling converts the production plan into a timetable by assigning start and finish times and sequence of jobs to machines and workers. Pricing, plant location and financing are separate decisions and are not scheduling activities.

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