Using international case studies from various manufacturing industries, this book highlights the human scheduler as a pivotal element in the scheduling process. An interdisciplinary panel, drawing on expertise from fields such as management science, operations management, ergonomics, human factors, work psychology, industrial engineering, and computer science, present a fundamental re-examination of the core planning and scheduling processes that allow businesses to deliver their products and services to the market. Highlighting inter-connections between the chapter authors' work, each section includes an overview of the material covered, clearly identified themes, and discussion points.