Presents the benefits of integrating Process Planning, Scheduling, and Due-Date Assignment into one resource Discusses integrating the most important manufacturing functions to help meet the requirements for better use of manufacturing resources, reduction of production costs, and elimination of bottlenecks with increased production efficiency Covers how the integrated models together with Due-Date Assignment results in the elimination of scheduling conflicts, reduction of flow-time and work-in-process, improvement in production resources, and shows how to adapt to irregular shop floor disturbances Provides models and solutions in every chapter to help with reader comprehension Explains other elements such as how tardiness is penalized as well as earliness, and explains how prioritizing helps to improve weight performance function