The objective is to identify the capacity bottlenecks or the existing idle capacities by comparing the resources that are required in a certain period with the resources that are available. The section further aims to balance resource utilization with what-if scenarios that adhere to the delivery time by manually adjusting the production plan. It also aims to consider and implement alternatives such as overtime, shifts, deploying additional workstations, outsourcing if bottlenecks remain. It is possible to re-test the adjustments with what-if scenarios.

As a result, resource utilization is determined with the optimum production plan.

Factory Calendar;

You can define your company calendar in terms of holidays, shifts, number of simultaneously running workstations during the shifts, and other similar information, for your plant in general or on workstations bases, hence process your capacity planning in line with such information.

Workstations, Labor and Machines;

It is possible to define your workstations in terms of their workforce and machine capacities, calendars and cost information.

Product Routing;

In Capacity Planning, the routing of a product can be defined in the same manner its bill of material is defined. The operations that are required to produce the product are recorded in the system in their respective order. Information about the standard production duration of operations, the workstations used, setup and transfer durations can be defined in the application. The production plan prepared from customer orders, master production scheduling, supplier portal and other channels, determine the capacity load of the workstations. A report comparing the plant’s available capacity with its capacity requirement in the same timeframe can be prepared. You can get the reports of capacity loads of workstations on a daily or weekly basis. You are thereby ready to decide to schedule extra shifts or to outsource the operation and balance the plan with what-if scenarios.