Decision category

Scheduling decisions

Completion dates, capacity loading, dispatch, and WIP decisions.

• Production Completion Date Planner Turn order demand and schedule constraints into a realistic promised completion date.
• Finite Capacity Load Planner Sequence two or three orders against shared capacity and see exactly where the queue breaks.
• WIP Limit Decision Calculate the work-in-process cap that holds lead time at or under target using Little's Law, and compare a current WIP level against it.
• Dispatch Rule Comparator Compare SPT and EDD sequencing on a four-job queue to see which rule wins on average flow time versus on-time delivery.
• Forward vs Backward Scheduling Comparator Decide whether a job should start now or on its latest safe start date, and check whether either approach actually hits the due date.