Question

In a master schedule, the planning horizon is often separated into a series of time periods called:

a. lead times
b. stacked lead times
c. time buckets
d. firm, fixed, and frozen

Answer 1

Answer: time buckets

Step-by-step explanation:

In a master schedule, the planning horizon is often separated into a series of time periods called time buckets.

The time bucket is simply a time interval that is used for planning and scheduling. If and information is to be broken into weekly periods, the weekly buckets break will be utilized. It should be noted that for a MRP, the maximum is the weekly buckets.