When Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) systems first surfaced, many ERP proponents rushed to dismiss this exciting technology without taking time to understand how powerful it was. Despite the thousands of success stories, there are still consultants and ERP vendors who still resort to spreading myths in a losing battle against progress.
This list has been compiled over the last twenty years by seasoned proponents of Finite Capacity Scheduling systems. It has been based on countless success stories and is as valid today as it has ever been. The purpose of reviewing this list is to counter some of the misinformation that has been published over the years about scheduling. Most of these myths have been spread by those who do not understand the nature of either the problem or the solution.