Question

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

Answer 1

Answer: time buckets

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.