More specifically, scheduling deals with the timing of operations in short-term.
Scheduling significantly affects lead time, delivery performance, cost and quality
(Bicheno et al, 2009). While, unbelievably, a number of managers think that
scheduling is not as important as other tools or does not give it a high priority,
Bicheno et al. (2009) argue that “Scheduling is at the heart of Lean. All other tools
[…] can be seen as contributing to better schedule performance.”
Heizer and