Which of the Following Statements About Batch Scheduling Is INCORRECT

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about batch scheduling is INCORRECT?

• A) Dispatching is used to determine the job priority at a work center.
• B) The priority of a job, once determined, does not change as it progresses through the production process.
• C) Finite scheduling in batch systems recognizes the limited processing capacity of the facility and does not allocate more capacity than is available.
• D) The theory of constraints argues that scheduling can be improved by increasing capacity at bottleneck operations.

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