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Module 4 · Lesson

Critical Path and Time-and-Action Management

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Critical Path and Time-and-Action Management — questions covered in this lesson

  • How do you build a time and action calendar backwards from the ship date?
  • What is the critical path in a garment order?
  • How much float should each TNA activity carry?
  • What happens to the ship date when approval is late?
  • Which TNA milestones most often delay shipment?

Key terms

time and action calendar (TNA)critical pathlead time planningfloat and slackapproval milestonesship date planning

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