CHAPTER 5 STRATEGIC CAPACITY PLANNING FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES KEY IDEAS 1. Definition of Capacity. Capacity is the upper limit or ceiling on the load that an operating system can handle. Essentially‚ it is the upper limit on output. Strategically‚ capacity and financial decisions are made first‚ followed by decisions on location of the facility‚ design of the product‚ layout and work systems. 2. Expressing Capacity. If products are similar enough‚ capacity is measured in common units
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Production Capacity It is highly imperative that management must formulate a strategic plan for operations before any production is carried out. This is basically important in avoiding possible hindrances and excess in capacity. Under capacity may force the firm to cancel production schedules or excess can be fatal due to a broadened fixed cost. Both really would be a financial burden to the firm. Some procedural strategy can be adopted to minimize ill effects of capacity-related problems
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Name: Chris Cohick Title of Article: What is Carrying Capacity? Author and Brief Background: Kip Adams‚ QDMA Director of Education & Outreach‚ northern U.S Date of Submission: June 27‚ 2009 Carrying Capacity When first inquiring into this article‚ it gave me the impression it was going to just define carrying capacity. After further looking into it‚ I then realized it relates carrying capacity to having a successful quality deer management area. The two concepts really go hand in hand
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UNIT – 3 CAPACITY PLANNING CONCEPT: Capacity simply means the ability to hold‚ receive‚ share or accommodate. It is a productive capability or a facility. Capacity is a critical consideration for long term strategy. It is generally measured in volume of output per unit of time. Capacity is the limiting capability of a productive unit to produce within a stated time period‚ normally expressed in terms of output per unit of time. So‚ capacity is the maximum productive capability.
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Capacity Planning Based on time horizon or duration it is viewed in three (i) Long-range Capacity Planning Time horizon is of more than one or two years. It is carried for productive resources which a long time. Long-range capacity planning requires participation and approval of top management personnel. (ii) Intermediate-range Capacity Planning It has a time horizon for 6 to 18 months. It may be varied by such alternative such as hiring off or laying off labour‚ purchasing or making new tools
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Chapter 12: Capacity Planning Question #1: Why are facilities decisions often made by top management? What is the role in these decisions of operations‚ marketing‚ finance‚ accounting‚ engineering‚ and human resources? “Facilities decisions often made up by the top management and the chief executive‚ and the board of directors because these decisions are strategic in nature‚ they require the input of all functional areas in the firm.” It is longest-term planning decision that contains all the important
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corporate intranet to help departments communicate effectively. The schedule for different departments to ‘go live’ on the intranet is set‚ and we have to purchase the appropriate servers‚ minimizing cost and making sure that the intranet has enough capacity to handle the employees that start using the intranet each month. I picked this case because it resembles the types of problems that I faced during my summer internship at The CocaCola Company. One of my responsibilities was to assist in the cost
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BEARING CAPACITY OF SOIL Dr. S. K. Prasad Professor of Civil Engineering S. J. College of Engineering‚ Mysore 7.0 Syllabus 1. Definition of ultimate‚ net and safe bearing capacities‚ Allowable bearing pressure 2. Terzaghi’s and Brinch Hansen’s bearing capacity equations – Assumptions and Limitations 3. Bearing capacity of footings subjected to eccentric loading 4. Effect of ground water table on bearing capacity 5. Plate load test‚ Standard Penetration Test‚ Cone Penetration
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Carrying Capacity 1. The carrying capacity is the size of a population that can live indefinitely using the resources available where that population lives 2. For example‚ consider an island onto which is dropped a colony of rabbits. As long as there is an adequate supply of food and water‚ the rabbits will not only survive but they will reproduce and the colony will get larger. 3. The rabbit population can continue to grow as long as food and water are adequate. However‚ if at some point‚ there
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THE MANAGEMENT PLANNING FUNCTION Planning - is determining what needs to be done‚ when‚ by whom‚ how‚ and within what cost in order to achieve an objective. It is the work that a manager performs to predetermine a course of action. * Provides the means for achieving a purpose‚ makes the best use of resources‚ makes a manager’s work easier‚ encourages teamwork‚ and forms a base for control. It is based on assumptions‚ involves change
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