M. Tech. Industrial Engineering. / Discusses the objective of this research is to develop a scheduling model that can maximize manufacturing system performance in Cameroon tile manufacturing industries.This research is aimed at achieving the following specific objectives. a. Evaluate scheduling model available and their impact on ceramic tile manufacturing industries in Cameroon. b. Develop a simple and efficient production scheduling model and also propose an approach of reacting to disruptions, i.e. whether to reschedule or not. c. Evaluate the performance of the model on different tile manufacturing industries lay-outs in Cameroon and also test it in a selected South African tile manufacturing industry for validation purpose.