The Perspectives of Taylor, Gantt, and Johnson: How to Improve Production Scheduling

The challenge of improving production scheduling has inspired many different approaches. This paper examines the key contributions of three individuals: Frederick W. Taylor, who defined the key planning functions and created a planning office; Henry L. Gantt, who provided useful charts to improve scheduling decision-making, and Selmer M. Johnson, who wrote a highly influential paper on the mathematical analysis of production scheduling problems. The paper also describes the perspectives that these three represent and discusses how these perspectives can help one improve production scheduling.

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