ENTREPRENEURIAL OPERATIONS
PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL
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Routing
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Dispatching
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Scheduling
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Follow up
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Detailed explanation-1: -Centralised dispatching is the arrangement of goods or services from a single, centralized location. Data collection devices are used to communicate between departments and relay crucial information. The main function of dispatching is to determine the priority of an order.
Detailed explanation-2: -Centralized organizations give more control to a central authority. This can make decision-making biased. Decentralized organizations, on the other hand, give more power to the users. Therefore, decentralized organizations make the network more democratic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Think of an eCommerce business that runs from one location in San Francisco, California. They’ll deliver customer orders from that location. This singular delivery route is a classic example of a centralized dispatching system.