This document discusses workcenter scheduling and related topics. It introduces workcenter scheduling and its objectives like meeting due dates, minimizing lead times and setup times. It also discusses job sequencing rules like first come first serve, shortest processing time and earliest due date. Methods for scheduling jobs on 1, 2 and multiple machines are presented, including Johnson's rule and assignment method. Finally, it briefly covers personnel scheduling in services, like deriving staffing plans and applying the first hour principle.
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