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This work is based on a major research project undertaken the author and Dr John Kenworthy with the able support of Dr Keith Porter and Peter Jarvis in collaboration with the British Production and Inventory Control Society (now the Institute of Operations Management), Cincom Systems (UK) Ltd and ICI Group Engineering and supported by funding from the CDP Group of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The project extended over three years and reviewed planning and scheduling procedures in some 35 industrial companies to establish best practice in short term scheduling and to identify the key factors for scheduling success.
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Little, D. (1997). Best Practice in Shop Floor Scheduling. In: Tzafestas, S.G. (eds) Computer-Assisted Management and Control of Manufacturing Systems. Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0959-4_6
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