For a hospital, decisions need to be made about organizing staff workloads. The administration evaluates based on the employment contract and establishes how much time should be spent on the duties of a particular employee (Abdalkareem et al., 2021). Duty and charge nurses create a schedule in which other staff uses various equipment and operating rooms. For example, performing dialysis for patients in the procedure room from 8 to 12, after which the room is allocated for dressings. Shift schedules are formed for physicians, in which they have to perform admissions and what time they do clinical diagnostics.
For universities, the administration first makes lesson plans, setting the number and length of classes. Then, at the departmental level, faculty members form a schedule in which students will attend rooms for demonstrations, laboratory work and use of instruments and preparations, and lectures (Nguyen, V. & Nguyen, T., 2021). Schedules are also made for admissions and applications for applicants wishing to enroll. University staff determines schedules for examinations and creative projects where students use equipment to take exams.
In moviemaking, schedules for equipment use are established: props and costumes for one scene are needed in the morning for Group A and the evening for Group B. In addition, the order in which scenes are shot and the use of musical accompaniment is established; the sound and video recording equipment to be used is determined. For the cast, the schedule in which they are required to arrive at the shoot is established: the task is to coordinate personal and work schedules to shoot scenes where the presence of multiple actors is required.
For the make-to-order factory, the most important thing is to determine the resources and time needed to perform a particular type of work. If the client has a large order, the factory creates a schedule for most employees to work on that order. In addition, the factory needs to create a purchasing schedule to receive materials and equipment in time to avoid stopping production processes (Bagheri et al., 2022). For any company, it is essential to determine the sequence of orders depending on the urgency and volume.
References
Abdalkareem, Z.A., Amir, A., Al-Betar, M.A., Ekhan, P., & Hammouri, A. I. (2021). Healthcare scheduling in optimization context: A review. Health Technology, 11, 445–469.
Bagheri, F., Demartini, M., Arezza, A., Tonelli, F., Pacella, M., & Papadia, G. (2022). An agent-based approach for make-to-order master production scheduling. Processes, 10(921).
Nguyen, V. D., & Nguyen, T. (2021). An SHO-based approach to timetable scheduling: a case study. Journal of Information and Telecommunication, 5(4), 421-439.