In each of the following, name the term defined or answer the question. Answers are listed at the bottom.
1. This is the currently used term for a system that schedules, dispatches, tracks, monitors, and controls production.
2. This is when work is assigned to work centers based simply on when it is needed. Resources required to complete the work are not considered.
3. This is when detailed schedules are constructed that consider the setup and run times required for each order.
4. This is when work is scheduled from a point in time and out into the future, in essence telling the earliest the work can be completed.
5. This is when work is scheduled in reverse from a future due date to tell the time original work must be started.
6. If we were to coin the phrase “dual constrained” relative to the resources being scheduled, we would probably be referring to what two resources?
7. For a single machine scheduling problem, what priority rule guarantees that the average flow time is minimized?

8. Consider the following three jobs that need to be run on two machines in sequence: A(3 1), B(2 2), and C(1 3) where the run times on the first and second machine are given in parenthesis. In what order should the jobs be run to minimize the total time to complete all three jobs?
9. According to APICS, this is a system for utilizing data from the shop as well as data processing files to maintain and communicate status information on shop orders and work centers.
10. A resource that limits the output of a process by limiting capacity is called this.