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The main lesson of the preceding two chapters on production control and resource allocation is that information is essential for control purposes. The more the information the better the control. This is one of the great principles of Operational Research and it has been the stimulus behind the development of network analysis for planning and scheduling. The use of this technique has expanded substantially in the past few years and it is now one of the most powerful means of controlling complex scheduling operations such as the building of a new factory, the maintenance programme of complex plant, and the marketing of new products.
To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. And the high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes the low; And in between on the misty flats. The rest drift to and fro; But to every man there openeth A high way and a low, And every man decideth The way his soul shall go.
John Oxenham, A High Way and a Low
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Duckworth, W.E., Gear, A.E., Lockett, A.G. (1977). Planning Projects. In: A Guide to Operational Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6910-3_8
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