Plant size and Production schedule

Scheduling is the process of arranging, controlling and optimizing work and

workloads in a production process or manufacturing process. Scheduling is used to
allocate plant and machinery resources, plan human resources, plan production
processes and purchase materials.
It is an important tool for manufacturing, where it can have a major impact on the
productivity of a process. In manufacturing, the purpose of scheduling is to minimize the
production time and costs, by telling a production facility when to make, with which staff,
and on which equipment. Production scheduling aims to maximize the efficiency of the
operation and reduce costs.
Aqua Thirst will operate from 50-90% capacity on its first five years of operation.
On its initial year, the monthly production will be 60,000 galloon R.O. permeate water at
30-days operation per month. The details on production schedule are shown in Table
3.2.
Years of Operation

Estimated Production Volume(gallon)

1st year

720,000

2nd year

756,000

3rd year

792,000

4th year

828,000

5th year

864,000