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Master scheduling is an essential planning tool that helps manufacturers synchronize their production cycle with actual market demand. The third edition of this easy-to-follow handbook helps you understand the basic and more advanced concepts of master scheduling, from implementation to capacity planning to final assembly techniques. Packed with handy checklists and examples, Master Scheduling, Third Edition delivers guidelines and techniques for a world-class master schedule.
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Praise for Master Scheduling the book, the process, and the results
"Master Scheduling: A Practical Guide to Competitive Manufacturing is a comprehensive road map to managing a business in this competitive world. Proud teaches the value of a disciplined approach to balancing supply and demand, while reducing manufacturing cost via transparency and timely diagnostics."
--Shaker Chandrasekaran, Vice President, Cellulose Fibers Manufacturing, Weyerhaeuser Company
"This latest edition of Master Scheduling further refines the definitive body of knowledge on the topic. A valid master scheduling process has been and remains one of the most effective tools to manage the complexities of a manufacturing business and will provide the practitioner as well as the executive with valid insight and support to direct the critical activities of their enterprise."
--Michael L. Bales, President, Delta/Unibus Corporation
"Proud clearly outlines, defines, and explains the process of master scheduling. The book is an excellent read for both the beginner and practitioner giving either one an understanding of how to apply the concepts and tools for the best results in any manufacturing environment."
--Jimmie White, Materials and Logistics Manager, RGM Products
"In Master Scheduling, Proud gives us both the science and the art of integrating high-level planning and day-to-day execution--theory combined with practice--written in a clear way. The vital role of master scheduling in effective planning and execution is not only made real, but compelling. This book is a comprehensive resource for design, implementation, and measurement of world-class supply chain processes."
--Bob Hirschey, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Cellulose Fibers, Weyerhaeuser Company
"Proud helps the reader understand the application of master scheduling principles and describes what works in great detail. Master Scheduling will become the text for any course on master scheduling and the standard resource for all manufacturing companies."
--Richard C. Ling, President, Richard C. Ling, Inc.
"Master scheduling, the complex integration of all management planning activities, is presented in Proud's effective style. A tremendously broad undertaking, [this book] is sensitive to the need of the practitioner to know how and the executive to know why."
--Richard Pugliese, former executive, at Monitor Labs, Systech, and Xerox Corporation
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In the world of manufacturing, every aspect of your operation must be highly responsive to customer needs. Master scheduling, as part of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM), is an essential planning process that helps manufacturing companies synchronize their planned product supply with anticipated market demand.
In this updated Third Edition of the definitive guide to the subject, John Proud shows manufacturers how to create and maintain valid and realistic master schedules. Anyone involved in designing or maintaining one will find a wealth of practical advice in Master Scheduling. From sales and marketing to manufacturing, materials management, and engineering, Proud includes important advice for integrating all areas of a company within the framework of an effective master schedule.
Updated with changes that cover new developments in this evolving field, Master Scheduling continues to serve as the definitive book on the subject. It covers all the basic concepts and explains how to create and manage a master scheduling system; perform rough-cut capacity planning; and complete the planned process using finishing and final assembly techniques aimed at delivering the requested product to the customer on time and in full. Other topics covered include planning bills, scheduling in discrete as well as flow environments, demand and supply management, sales and operations planning, and effective implementation.
Packed with helpful checklists, examples, case studies, and illustrations, Master Scheduling, Third Edition delivers easy-to-follow guidelines for implementing and managing a world-class master schedule. This is the ideal guide for any manager who wants to avoid the most common mistakes while consistently maximizing the accuracy and per-formance of the master schedule.
