The three components that can lead to competitive advantage through effective scheduling are

A) quality, dispatching, and MRP.
B) ABC analysis, MRP, and loading.
C) the item master file, the routing file, and the work-centre master file.
D) lower costs, faster delivery, and dependable delivery.
E) Gantt charts, Johnson's rule and the Pareto principle.

Competitive Advantage

represents a company's ability to perform in a manner that allows it to outperform competitors, achieved through innovation, quality, service, or efficiency.

Effective Scheduling

The process of organizing, planning, and allocating resources in a way that optimizes the efficiency of operations and the use of time.

Johnson's Rule

Johnson's Rule is a heuristic method for minimizing the make-span of a set of jobs on two machines, based on sequencing the jobs by shortest processing time across the machines in specific order.