The process of assigning retention periods for the appropriate disposition of records.

The process of collection actions from an MDSplus TREE and organizing them into a DISPATCH TABLE for subsequent execution by SERVERS

The process of creating individual orders or time-based schedules that serve as production or purchase authorizations.

The process of arranging the times at which individual operations are carried out to satisfy the planned due dates.

The process of determining and recording in a records schedule the appropriate retention period and ultimate disposition of series.

The (initially day-ahead) process whereby Transco decides how to manage gas flows on its system in order to meet demand

Deciding the order in which the calculations in a program are to be executed and by which processes. Allocating processes to processors is usually called mapping.

A planning process that organizes a sequence of events to achieve a goal. A schedule is the product of that planning process. A schedule can be a visual representation with words, pictures, symbols, or objects.

The process of inventorying, analyzing, and developing a records retention and disposition schedule which contains series descriptions, retention periods, and disposition instructions. See also inventory.

The process of configuring a time schedule for the distribution of media files. This process also affects the distribution of ECMs.

The process of determining what jobs gets worked on, when, and by whom based on the priority and resource/equipment availability. Note: that this process should take place before the job is executed. See definition for "break-in job". Scheduling short definition is when and who.

Scheduling is an important tool for manufacturing and engineering, where it can have a major impact on the productivity of a process. In manufacturing, the purpose of scheduling is to minimize the production time and costs, by telling a production facility what to make, when, with which staff, and on which equipment. Production scheduling aims to maximize the efficiency of the operation and reduce costs.