Advanced Systems of Planning and Scheduling and the Limitations of their Implementation: A Study Case of Al kufa Old Cement Factory

Abstract

The present study is based on research and investigation into planning and scheduling systems as a basic variable and the limitations of applying planning and scheduling systems as a dependent variable to investigate the most important obstacles that prevent their application due to the development of the technology in planning and scheduling systems in addition to the advances in the algorithms of optimization by using a computer to make most of the routine decisions and using interactivity to send the information and the real understanding of the efficiency of the planners. And by changing the competition between the manufacturing companies around the world, as well as the relationships between these companies, suppliers, and customers. Supply chain management has greatly reduced the planning problem, and the concepts of flexible production have contributed to changing the relationship between suppliers and consumers at every link in the supply chain. This was done through a questionnaire that was distributed to the company’s management to investigate the extent to which this factory benefits from these modern systems, the obstacles that curb applying these systems in this factory, and the extent to which this industrial factory seeks to obtain modern systems, to cope with development, and be able to improve their performance, which will contribute to increasing their efficiency and ability to compete in the labor market.