For effective planning:

There must be a balance between priority and capacity

Priority should be given more importance than capacity

Capacity should be given more importance than priority

The planning horizon is usually longer for several reasons e.g.:

The longer the horizon, the greater the ''visibility''

The longer the horizon, the better management's ability to avoid future problems

The longer the horizon, the better the management's ability to take advantage of special circumstances.

According to the Theory of Constraints, which of the following statements is true?

Use of Drum-Buffer-Rope includes communication from the bottleneck to the Gateway workcenter

A buffer of inventory should always be maintained after the bottleneck.

Constraints always exist in a factory

Work centers feeding bottlenecks should operate at peak utilization to ensure WIP availability at all times.

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