Why Job Sequencing of Manufacturing Activities are Necessary? Make Your Production Planning Robust with Proven Techniques!
Abstract Job Sequencing Rules have been created to help manufacturers and schedulers create optimized production schedules. Your production schedule sets the course for your business performance. An optimized production schedule will ensure that jobs and orders are completed within the timeframe they are given. Priority Sequencing Rules provide the guidance for the order in which the jobs are to be processed at a workstation . The application of different priority rules in job shop scheduling gives different order of scheduling. Eight sequencing rules have been considered: FIFO - First In, First Out. LIFO - Last In, First Out. SPT - Shortest Processing Time. LPT - Longest Processing Time. EDD - Earliest Due Date. . LS - Least Slack. SIPT - Shortest Imminent Processing Time. LIPT - Longest Imminent Processing Time LS (Least Slack). Keywords Job Sequencing, FIFO - First In, First Out, LIFO - Last In, First Out, SPT - Shortest Processing Time, LPT - Longest