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Vol 26 - No 10 - December 2000/January 2001 Participative Sales and Operations Planning What is your capacity? The computer software suppliers will tell you it is finite. Is it? In what circumstances is it finite? What does finite mean? How can it be influenced to improve it? What are the current influences that adversely affect it? What happens as your demand approaches your capacity? What is the best way of balancing load and capacity?... I will first try to define capacity by example. There are two basic types of constraint. I will call these ‘Hard Ceilings’ and ‘Soft Ceilings’. Hard ceilings are where the capacity is extremely difficult to flex. I have encountered two types of hard ceilings:... Page number: Page: 12 Word count: Words: approx. 1500 Related Topics: Planning and scheduling
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