As a kid, I watched my Dad pack the trunk of the car for a vacation. His golf shoes were not a priority item–at least from the perspective of the rest of the family. However, they were the only item … Continued
If you looked up “scheduling” in my thesaurus, you might find an interesting list of alternate terms: Resource Allocation Resource Management Capacity Planning Order Management Promise Date Determination Operations Management Materials Resource Planning …and many, many more. Call it what … Continued
Many activities in factories, event centers, hotels, construction projects and other industries require some kind of set-up—or “predecessor”–before the activity can occur. But not all predecessors are the same. Most predecessors need to finish any time before the actual activity … Continued
Do you schedule activities, projects, tasks, events, cases, games, meetings, processes, or procedures? Does your scheduling application force you to use one of those terms? Do you schedule people, trucks, rooms, machines, computers, fields, or equipment? Does your scheduling application … Continued