This was an interesting read because the author provides a summary of the concept of job shops, its biblical integration, and application. The author is successful in defining the concept of job shop, which enhances the reader’s understanding of the paper. In addition to the fact that job shops handle custom made parts, they specialize in small quantities of products. According to Aydin and Fogarty (2004), job shops are production systems consisting of an autonomous machine, flexible chain of transfer, and a flexible cell. This reinforces the fact that job shop scheduling systems involve very complex operations. I agree with the author’s idea that each of the activities of job shops requires scheduling because it maximizes performance. Researchers and scholars in the field of operations management note that scheduling is a very critical aspect of job shop production systems. This is because job shops handle a variety of customer requests simultaneously. Therefore, it is very necessary that a job shop can adjust its quantities according to customer requests (Girish & Jawahar, 2009).
The most interesting thing about the post is the fact that Christians can apply the concept of job order. Even though this is a new idea, the author creates a relationship between job order and Christian values through real world examples. The author presents the example of maturing in understanding the word of God. Despite the fact that the author notes that Christians to keep faith in God, he fails to explain the process of keeping faith. This makes it very difficult for a Christian to keep faith because there is no guideline. However, Christians can keep faith by surrendering their lives to Jesus. There is so much to learn from the post, and I would recommend it to students of operations management.
References
Aydin, M. E. & Fogarty, T. C. (2004). Teams of autonomous agents for job-shop scheduling problems: An experimental study. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 15 (4), 455–462.
Girish, B. S. & Jawahar, N. (2009). Scheduling job shop associated with multiple routings with genetic and ant colony heuristics. International Journal of Production Research, 47 (14), 3891–3917.
