Reading series

The Moving Factory Constraint

Why a production line's real limit moves with the order of jobs, setups and urgent work.

Start with chapter one

For planners

  1. Batch Manufacturing: Why the Order of Production Matters
  2. Why Scheduling a Factory Is Harder Than Lining Up the Jobs
  3. Modeling Changeovers in Production Scheduling

Chapters, in reading order

  1. 01

    Batch Manufacturing: Why the Order of Production Matters

    Two schedules can produce the same products and consume very different amounts of time.

  2. 02

    Why Scheduling a Factory Is Harder Than Lining Up the Jobs

    A factory contains several clocks, and they do not always agree. A machine becomes free just as the necessary operator goes off shift.

  3. 03

    Modeling Changeovers in Production Scheduling

    The order of jobs can determine how long a factory spends changing products rather than making them.

Where this series leads

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