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An empirical analysis of job shop dispatch rule selection
Author(s) -
Green Gary I.,
Appel Leonard B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/0272-6963(81)90025-5
Subject(s) - job shop , flow shop scheduling , computer science , operations research , queueing theory , scheduling (production processes) , job shop scheduling , job queue , due date , operations management , schedule , industrial engineering , job scheduler , queue , economics , engineering , computer network , programming language , operating system
Job shop scheduling usually includes the process of selecting dispatch rules for loading shops with work. Traditionally, dispatch rules have been formed on the basis of processing time, operating time, or queueing order. A job shop scheduling model was developed to include external factors (such as due dates), internal factors (e.g., capacity), as well as influence factors (e.g., job status). Based on the model developed in this report a survey of industrial engineers, shop foremen, and production control supervisors was undertaken to determine what dispatch rules experienced job shop schedulers would select and if the selection process could be influenced by schedule conditions (status) or other organizational factors. Results suggest that schedulers may be influenced by other factors. This article suggests a model for further research with respect to job shop scheduling.