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If you're a new production manager at a job shop, you've inherited a scheduling system someone else built. Day 1 is about understanding it. Day 30 is …
Mold and die shops are the longest-cycle work in machining. A single program can occupy a machining center for 6–14 weeks. Scheduling that is a fundam…
The general job shop is the hardest scheduling problem in manufacturing. Not because of volume but because of variability — every customer ships diffe…